Bootcamp Backup Instructions

Step by step instructions for the creation of an NTFS Bootcamp back-up image file using Apple OS X 10.8.4 software, (No additional software required). Must have an external back-up disk. I suggest the WD "Mypassport" for under a hundred at Apple stores. These same instructions apply for backup of the OS X partition on the same external hard drive. Both OS X and Bootcamp images can be restored onto a new hard drive or back on to the original source disk in the case of a needed write-over using the same utility software. Please make sure and give me feed back, especially during any sorts of testing, thank you.
Open Finder
Select Applications
Select Disk Utility
Select "Bootcamp"
Select "New Image" (create a disk image from disk or device).
Save as: Bootcamp
Where: My Passport Air
Image Format: read-only
Encryption: none
"Cats rule the Planet" kittyboy

I have not actually transfered the image file onto a new drive partition. I assume that the file would have to be installed onto a pre-formated NTSF partition? I do not have an experimental macbook. I am sure that if you follow the instructions I wrote, you will have created a very good image of your intire partition. I suggest the additional step of verification. Just double click the file after it is created, and it should automatically start the verification process. I have plugged in my air drive and sellected it as a start-up drive from the options list that is visible holding down the "option" key at power on. But I am not 100% sure if it actually started from the air drive even though I selected it? Please keep me posted, it is a question that I share with you. If it works, then we both have the easiest way to get this done and feel confident we have no surprises when we do not need one! When you create new back-ups in the future, the message will prompt you to write over the old file. The only problem with the bootcamp software is that once you partition your hard drive, you are unable to re-size it and alocate re-aocate the new space, I have tried this in the osx even though the windows will allow you to reduce and have free space available. Only second party software will allow you to change around drive partition space without a complete re-format of the entire hard drive. Let me know if you get this message.

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NTFS Boot Camp Backup Instructions

Step by step instructions for the creation of an NTFS back-up image Bootcamp file using Apple (OEM) OS X 10.8.4 software, no additional software required. Must have an external back-up disk, I recommend the Western Digital My Passport Air for under a hundred dollars at the Apple store . Bootcamp image can be stored onto the same hard drive the OS X is imaged onto from Time Machine.
Following are instructions to create Bootcamp Backup Image file:
Open Finder
Select Applications
Select Disk Utility
Select "Bootcamp"
Select "New Image" (create a disk image from disk or device).
Save as: Bootcamp
Where: My Passport Air (destination drive)
Image Format: read-only
Encryption: none
"Cats rule" kittyboy

Hi Sakahara,
right now WinClone is indeed the best solution for Windows backup, at least for me.
According to this User Tip http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1964018 you can put the backup image file onto a Time Machine drive, but it is not recommended.
I myself put the image file onto my OSX partition and at the next usage of SuperDuper it is cloned as well.
Regards
Stefan

Bootcamp backup deletes external NTFS HDD

maybe someone can help:
I wanted      (because OSX Lion does not allow to run Bootcamp with WIN XP) to      remove the Bootcamp-Partion on my MAC drive, but save it on an      external disk for backup.
    For that reason I      have connected an external WIN formatted NTFS-USB Drive to my      MacbookPro, and tried to copy the Bootcamp partition to this Drive      - in addition to the data, which were already on that drive (and      this data are very very important films I made in the past).
    I had done this with the following procedre:
    "Instructions
    1 .Plug in an      external hard drive to copy the Boot Camp partition. Make sure the      drive contains an empty partition of equal or larger size.
    2. Open the      "Utilities" folder inside the "Applications" folder, then run      "Terminal."
    3 .Type the      following command and then press "Enter":
    diskutil list
    This displays a      partition table with four columns. Locate the "Boot Camp"      partition, and make a note of its identifier. This will be similar      to "disk0s3." Make a note of the identifier of the external drive      partition.
    4. Type the      following command to unmount the Boot Camp partition:
    diskutil unmount      /dev/disk0s3
    Replace "disk0s3"      with your Boot Camp partition identifier.
    5. Type the      following command to unmount the external backup drive partition:
    diskutil unmount      /dev/disk1s1
    Replace "disk1s1"      with your external drive partition identifier.
    6. Type the      following command to clone the Boot Camp partition to the external      drive:
    sudo dd      if=/dev/disk0s3 of=/dev/disk1s1 bs=1024
    Replace "disk0s3"      with your Boot Camp partition identifier, and "disk1s1" with the      external drive partition identifier.
    Unfortunately I      did not know the result of this procedure:
      Now I had killed my whole external drive (1TB), overwritten with      this Bootcamp-Mount.
      It seems, that there is now on the drive only one      "Bootcamp-partition (or Bootcamp-mount with 20 GB). I can see no      data on the drive with WIN XP.
Does anone have any suggestion I could do, to remove      the Bootcamp-mount from the drive and rescue the old data bringing them up again?
    XP-Drive manager sees the drive with 931GB (one parttion) but no    bootsector or data (suggests a formatting).
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    Thanks in advance,

Well I finally gave in and formatted the external drives to HTFS+, so now I can read and write on them from anywhere on my home network. But this does mean I cant unplug them and use then with a windows machine directly. Or I have to buy paragon HTFS+ for windows and have that every time with me on a USB drive been allowed to install it (for example on one of the the computer at my school). It feels to me like this just a marketing scheme to spend more money. I mean how am I as end user suppose to know that after I upgrade my OS I am not able to use external NTFS Hard drives on my network. No one in the store when I was buying a mac told me: "Hey when you buy a external drive do format it to HTFS+ immediately or else you could have problems. I mean apple knows that except maybe for a few brands the most used format for external drives is NTFS. There should have been at least a warring before installing Mountain Lion. The best scenario would have been if it just worked. Ok enough of my complaining, its just that this has been really frustrating. I mean to backup 3tb is about 20 hours and then copy it back to the drive is about 13. Am still copying as I write this.
But anyway that's one problem solved. Wake on LAN still have no luck with that one. Well I got a work around but its not ideal. For me setting the Display Sleep to 3 hours works, because my iMac 24 and my main PC are nest to each other. But I guess for people that need this for remote servers even that wont work. O btw maybe this helps a few people, Teamviewer seems to be able to wake him up too.

Bootcamp install instruction missing something

...or something is not right. i create the bootcamp partition. insert the xp pro sp2 disk, boot to that. it checks and loads "stuff". the first screen is accurate per the instructions. i select the proper partition, then i am never presented with the format screen options, to prevent the dreaded boot error after an {improper} installation...is my media fubar? what's going on?
i have also not had any luck trying to experiment with win7.
instructions are remiss without addendums in regards to common errors

Rodrigo,
There is a tool available known as the VISA Driver Wizard that allows your USB device to use VISA commands to communicate with LabVIEW. The wizard can be located at Start >> All Programs >> National Instruments >> VISA >> Driver Wizard. Here you will able to select the type of Hardware Bus (USB). If your device is unable to accept the VISA commands that the wizard helps build then another alternative is to use USB RAW to communicate with the device. USB RAW is a very low level communication protocol. See the attached links to gain more knowledgeif this is a route you could consider.
USB RAW: http://digital.ni.com/public.nsf/allkb/E3A2C4FE42D7ED0D86256DB7005C65C9?OpenDocument
USB Instrument Control tutorial : http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/4478
USB RAW Control Example Code in LabVIEW : http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/epd/p/id/3637
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NI Brazil
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Mountain lion Bootcamp Backup

Mountain lion backup utility used in bootcamp for an NTFS Win8 partition to external hard drive. Anyone with experience doing this?

Look at a few posts here for links to a new windows 7 ISO and another link to burn it to a new disk
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Creating a bootable backup - instructions?

I am looking to create a bootable back-up of my MBP so I can expirament with going from 10.4.6 to 10.4.10. (I am wary due to the processor whine issue.) I would like to be able to go back to 4.6 if I can't quiet the whine under 4.10.
Can anyone guide me to a step by step guide on how to do this? I plan to get an OWC Firewire drive.
Thanks!
Mitch

When you get the OWC drive - good choice - connect it to your computer and make sure that you use disk utility to partition the drive using GUID - it's in options under the partition tab.
Download SuperDuper. This is free for making a clone of your hard drive, twenty something if you want incremental backups (faster). For your purpose, free is fine.
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
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Portable Backup Instructions

Hello. I am presently using Time Machine on a Lacie 500GB HD and have 1 observation and 1 question:
1--When I go on vacation, I disconnect the Lacie and store it in another location, separate from the iMac, ie: at a neighbours home. When I return, I reconnect the Lacie to again be backing up the iMac via Time Machine.
2--I have another HD, iOmega, that I want to backup my iMac and always keep it in a separate location, periodically updating it. (this would be a backup to data when the iMac and Lacie are connected)
My question on this is how is the best way of getting the data from my iMac to the iOmega? Could I disconnect the main Lacie Backup HD, connect the iOmega so that Time Machine backs up onto it, then disconnect the iOmega and hook the Lacie back to the iMac?
Hope someone can give me some pointers on this. Thanks.

Swapping between two different drives with Time Machine is possible, but a pain in the butt for regular use, as you have to switch the drive in the TM preferences every time. Instead, use TM with the Lacie drive and use another tool, like [Carbon Copy Cloner|http://www.bombich.com> or SuperDuper, to clone your data to the iOmega drive. CCC can be configured to automatically run a backup when you connect the iOmega drive.

Has anyone sucessfully used the new Winclone 3.2 to backup and restore Bootcamp partittion with Windows 7 Ultimate on MBP with Lion 10.7.3?

Bought late 2011 MBP 17" with Bootcamp partition (Windows 7 Ultimate) and Lion OS 10.7.3
I am trying to make a backup of Bootcamp partition before I start using my laptop but it proves to be a difficult task.
I don’t have any installation disk for Windows 7 and I am afraid that, if a disaster strikes and I loose the HDD, my copy of Windows will be gone.
The only way to restore Windows partition according to what I read so far is to do the following:
• Use Windows to backup data from BootCamp Partition
• Reinstall OS Lion formatting full hard drive in the process
• Use BootCamp Assistant to create BootCamp partition
• Install Windows 7 on bootcamp partion
• Use Windows 7 to restore data from backup file created in the first step
The only problem is that I don't any image or disk to re-install Windows 7. With Windows 7 I can create only 'repair disk' (for what it is worth) or system image but according to other users it would format the whole drive including OS Lion partition when reinstalling
Winclone 3.2 seems like the answer to my prayers but would like to hear from the users if it worked for them (most imprtantly, did the restore work?).

Got the response from Winclone regarding my confusion in step 18 of the procedure to create bootcamp backup. The message displayed on the screenshot under step 18 can be ignored. It refers to creating a Windows partition using Boot Camp Assistant but in fact this partition has already been created in earlier steps using Disk Utility.
I bought Winclone 3.3 as it promises to make backup and restore of Bootcamp partition with Windows 7 on it really easy, the steps to do this task are easy and well documented, and the owner of the program was very prompt responding to my queries.
I performed the following as an insurance against disaster prior to creating Winclone image:
Since my Windows 7 came pre-installed but without any installation disk I used Windows 7 to create 'Windows 7 system image' . From what I read on forums the system image created using Windows 7 apparently can't be used to easily restore Boot Camp partition (as it wipes out OS X in the process). I created this image as a last resort backup rescue - some users reported that it can be used to recover Windows but the process is painful and involve a number of steps, swapping hard drives, and paid software to assist in the process. I did not bother to make notes on this process - thanks to Winclone I am not suppose to need this backup if everything works as promised
I also created 'Windows 7 repair disk' prior to running Winclone. Not sure what the value of it will be but again, this is something I did just in case I need it in the future
Then I installed Winclone 3.3 and created Windows 7 Ultimate Boot Camp image without any problems (on MBP running Lion 10.7.4). My Winclone image file of 150GB Windows 7 Boot Camp partition prior to installing any programs and without any data on it ended up being nearly 8GB (saved to the external USB HDD).
I have not restored and don't plan to restore the Winclone 3.3 image just to test if it works (don't want to risk loosing my perfectly well running Windows 7 in case of any disaster). So ultimately only time or experience of other users will tell me if I spent my money well buying Winclone 3.3. I know it worked for you JBLTZ so hopefully it will work for me when I need it one day.
Cheers
Swavek

How to Reinstall Windows on Existing Bootcamp Partition

I've been running Windows 7 under Bootcamp on my 2011 MacBookPro. I've run into a situation where Windows7 will no longer install updates. I worked one day with Microsoft for over an hour but they could not find what was causing the problem. FYI, when looking into this problem, the error code that is produced is Error Code 8007010B. I have found nothing substantial online in regards to this code.
I've used Winclone (a Mac application) in the past without issues to restore a Boot Camp Windows partition. Since purchasing Winclone 3.4 I've made several backups, but now that I am actually trying to restore one of those backups I'm getting a message:
"the image you are attempting to restore does not contain the correct information".
So I am frustrated and have emailed twocanoes.com, the Winclone publisher and waiting for their answer.
Working with Bootcamp
I'm trying to figure out the steps I need to reinstall Windows from scratch in an existing bootcamp partition. Do I need to start from scratch with Bootcamp, or can I reinstall Windows from inside Windows? If I do the latter, how do I prompt Bootcamp to reinstall the Apple drivers?
Other Issues FYI
I'm having trouble locating the Windows 7 instal DVD I originally purchased. I do have the serial number. So I've downloaded a copy of Windows 7 from the MyDigitalLife Windows7 Repository.
I have burned the iso image to a DVD. I've got 2 versions, one is the .iso file burned onto the DVD, the other are the contents of the .iso file burned to DVD. I assume to install Windows, it will want the one with the contents of the Windows installer burned to it? Any other issues I may be unaware of regarding this kind of Windows install?
Is there any advantage of reinstalling Windows from a USB Flash drive as compared to a DVD? Just curious.
Finally, for Activation, because this copy of Windows is going back into the same Bootcamp partition on the same hardware, will I have to reactivate Windows? If so, suggestions appreciated.
Thanks!
-Dave

I appreciate the help. Can you tell me what are the steps to tell Bootcamp to install drivers into a Windows install? Thanks!
Update: I looked at the Bootcamp Assistant instructions and now I understand your answer. Info here:
"Step 4: Install the Windows support software
After installing Windows, install Mac drivers and other support software for Windows. The
support software installs Boot Camp drivers to support your Mac hardware, including AirPort
devices, the built-in camera, the Apple Remote, the trackpad on a portable Mac, and the function
keys on an Apple keyboard. The software also installs the Boot Camp control panel for Windows
and the Apple Boot Camp system tray item.
You can download the support software by selecting the “Download the latest Windows support
software from Apple” option in Boot Camp Assistant. The support software must be copied to a USB flash drive formatted in MS_DOS FAT. If the installer does not start automatically, doubleclick the setup.exe file in the Bootcamp folder."
If you or anyone have any other tips, they would be appreciated. As this appears to happen with Windows quite frequently, and I've had to do it multiple times over the years, I'm not looking forward to it.
Added Update info. Message was edited by: Dave Peck

How can I get a better driver for my 1394b Hostcontroller in my Macbook pro 2010 to solve the problem, that it is too slow under Windows 7 installed with bootcamp ?

How can I get a better driver for my 1394b Hostcontroller in my Macbook pro 2010 to solve the problem, that it is too slow under Windows 7 installed with bootcamp ?
WIndows can't find a better one than the installed LSI Conformed 1394 Hostcontroller

Read and follow the Bootcamp Installation instructions that you were offered to view when you ran Bootcamp Assistant.
Run Bootcamp Assistant again and select the option to download the Bootcamp Support software. Follow the instructions. Then boot into Windows and install the Windows Support software you downloaded and saved.

Windows 7 Bootcamp refuses to format 20-gig partition to NTFS.

I just recently purchased a Macbook Pro 13-inch Retina at the close of 2012. Have wanted to install Bootcamp (5.1) on it, since I installed Bootcamp on my old Macbook Pro from 2007. Ran into a number of errors and roadblocks, but all were bypassed and there seems to be one final error that I cannot get around.
I am using an official copy, also recently purchased, of Windows 7 64-bit. It's installed as an .iso on a 16-gig flash drive. Upon starting the Windows installation on a 20-gig partition (created by the Bootcamp software), it asks me which partition I want to install Windows onto. I select Partition 4, which says BOOTCAMP, and then select "Advanced Options," where I attempt to have it format the partition from FAT to NTFS. I receive an error message stating that the "the recommended free space for installation is 24895 MB" and it refuses to format it.
There's no possible way that Windows 7 requires 25 GB of free space, I've done the research enough to know that. Why would it tell me that?? What is preventing me from using the install software to format the Bootcamp partition like everyone else seems to be able to do? Is there another issue that I'm missing?
P.S. Not sure if this is related, but there is an oddity in my hard drive's allocation of space: Disk Utility will only allow up to a 20 GB partition, and seems to think that the other 90 GB are necessary for my Mac's startup, even though I have approx 43 GB free, according to the information bar at the bottom of the Finder window.

20GB is way to small. Windows 7 requires at least 60GB of hard drive space. 20GB is absolute minimum just for Windows which also needs swap and data space.
Read and follow the Bootcamp Installation instructions. The instructions are available from the first screen when you run Bootcamp Assistant.

Disk Utility:Restore backup option

Regarding Kappy's suggestion: (http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=1327363&#1327363)
To do just a full backup you can use the Restore option of Disk Utility:
1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the startup volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Drag the startup volume to the Source entry field.
5. Select the backup volume from the leftside list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
6. Check the box to Erase Destination
7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Will this method create a bootable backup on my firewire drive?
Thanks,
Judy

Yes, it will create a bootable backup.
If your Firewire drive has not been formatted (in other words it's a new drive) then I recommend the following procedure for prepping the drive the first time:
1. Open Disk Utility in the Utilities folder of your Applications folder.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the number of partitions from the dropdown menu (use 1 partition unless you wish to make more.) Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled, if supported.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the volume(s) mount on the Desktop.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled, if supported.) Click on the Options button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process will take 30 minutes to an hour or more depending upon the drive size.
If you prep the drive before doing your backup, you can skip Step 6 of the backup instructions.

HT3986 installing windows 7 with bootcamp It doesn't install, telling me that the partition made by bootcamp is not formatted in NSFT. What to do now?

after having made a partition for windows 7 with bootcamp, it couldn't be installed with the message that the partition needs to be formatted in NSFT.
What to do now?

Start again and follow the Bootcamp installation instructions http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/. You can print he instructions from within Bootcamp Assistant.

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Hello. I've just put a 750Gb WD Scorpio Black in my MBP running Mountain Lion. I used Carbon Copy Cloner and successfully migrated my system. I then tried to use Bootcamp Assistant to create my Windows partition but I'm away from home for the next 6 weeks and don't have my Win7 disk here and it wouldn't let me create the Bootcamp partition without it. So I used Disk Utility to create a partition, called it Bootcamp and then used Winclone to migrate my old setup image. This has all worked fine except when I use Startup Disk to try to select Windows it doesn't see the Bootcamp partition and Parallels doesn't find it either. It's not really a big problem as I can just reboot/option and select it there but I just wondered if anyone knew if there's an easy fix with a Terminal command, or will I have to start from scratch using Win7 disk and BC assistant to properly make the BC partition when I get home? I don't want to risk the integrity of my Osx setup as I rarely use Windows anyway but I have already tried resizing the windows partition with Camptune to see what would happen but no joy there. Also tried repair with disk utility but again nothing. With Winclone I have tried both leaving BCD alone and then the replace BCD option after the first didn't work. I'm no wizard with Terminal but I do venture in there occaisionally when the need arises and with clear instructions. Any help greatly appreciated.

Start again. You can't use Disk Utility to create a Bootcamp partition. Next time, download and pring the Bootcamp installation instructions. It is the first option when you start Bootcamp Assistant.
You should post further Bootcam questions in the Bootcamp forum where the Bootcamp gurus hang out.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/windows_software/boot_camp

HT4818 I have bought windows 8 online (so I only have an activation key) I want to set windows up using bootcamp 5.0.3 but how do I do this without the disc

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