Clone XP HDD to Bootcamp

I have a clone copy of my Windows XP hard drive and want to install it on my Mac. If I have to install Windows in bootcamp how can I move my cloned hard dive to the Mac?

@jconn5:
Here is an "overview" of how to do this. If you're not an advanced user, you'll need to research more or wait for other users to elaborate.
1) use Boot Camp Assistant to allocate the new space for Windows. Cancel the process after it completes.
2) on your current Windows installation, add an entry in c:\boot.ini that references the location of the boot camp partition you just created on your Mac. This allows you to boot windows from the new location after its moved. This is typically partition 3 on most Macs. Run "diskutil list" in Terminal on your Mac to isolate the new partition number Windows will boot from. then, add this line to boot.ini:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Windows XP Boot Camp" /noexecute=optin /fastdetect
3) run SysPrep in Windows to allow it to be cloned. This is complicated and beyond the scope of my answer, so research it well.
4) connect your hard drive that contains Windows to your Mac and use Disk Utility to create a backup image of the windows partition.
5) follow these steps (except for #1 which you already did) restore your Boot Camp partion from your backup image and make it bootable: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10835653

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hi,
I am having a problem installing windows via bootcamp.
I already partitioned my hdd via Bootcamp, downloaded and copied all the supports for windows, and windows is on an external USB as well. I had to stop the process the other day, so i shut down the computer. Now I am trying to boot from the USB, but I cant get to that point where the computer should restart and windows would start installing.
. After restarting, holding command, it doesnt show up as bootable device.
How shall I move forward? My disk is already partitioned, and if i start the whole process from the beginning, it wants me to partition again - although I already made a 100GB partition for windows.
Please help me out.
best,
Zoltan

So, here is what happened when I tried to make it.(sorry for quality, i had to take them by phone)
At first when I opened it I saw that I could simply resolve it just by stretching the arrow at the bottom, giving the 100 GB back which I partitioned before via Bootcamp. At this point options was not available.
I didnt do it because you mentioned earlier that it might be not designed to install windows.
The second thing I tried I choose 1 Partition from Partition Layout. This time Options were available but I didnt see anything like GPT, the onces that are optionable are on the screenshot.
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Hi and thanks for reading.
I have a MacBook Pro Early 2011 13'' and I am considering the chance to upgrade my HD to SSD.
I found a tutorial which is explaining how to clone it by using Disk Utility Only, without any third party software https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wh4iHJyL7AU
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1)Is this possible and reliable?
2)Will the Recovery Partition be cloned aswell in the process?
3)Any negative aspect wrt to Carbon Copy Cloner or similar software?
Tnxs.

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The Recovery HD partition is cloned automatically.
It's simpler to do than with CCC.
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Put the SSD into an external enclosure so you can clone your HDD to it. When you finish test to be sure the computer will boot from the SSD:
Boot Using OPTION key:
1. Restart the computer.
2. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the
      "OPTION" key.
3. Release the key when the boot manager appears.
4. Select the SSD icon from which you want to boot.
5. Click on the arrow button below the icon.
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I'm upgrading my macbook pro's hdd from 250 gb to 1tb. My OS is lion 10.7.5 and i also have windows 7 installed on my bootcamp partition.
The following are the details to the HDD i plan to buy.
Samsung Spinpoint M8 1 TB Laptop Internal Hard Drive (ST1000LM024) -
2.5 inch Form Factor
SATA 3.0 Gbps Interface
1 TB HDD
5400 RPM Spin Speed
I need your advice on if i m buying the correct hard disk. If not please advice me one.
And please also tell me how i should upgrade my hard disk. I know how to physically install the drive but i ask of you to tell me how to clone my current hard disk with my bootcamp partition. Which software to use, precautions to take etc.
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Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 8 GB 1067 MHz DDR3
Graphics NVIDIA GeForce 320M 256 MB
Software Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5 (11G63) and Windows 7 Ultimate on bootcamp

Those are the correct RAM modules for you model (the 13" being the only mid-2010 model that can use 16GB of RAM - but those modules will surely get you to 8GB!).
Am I right in assuming that you want to purchase a SSD to be installed in your boot bay and that you want to install the Samsung drive in the optical bay? Unfortunately, your link points to a rather sparse description of the drive - I see the 2.5" but I don't see the depth (which should be 7-9.5mm and not a mm more).
I'm just unclear about whether you're looking for a new spinning drive as well as a SSD and whether or not the drive will fit (just a minute - OK, found some more info - the Samsung drive is 9.5mm so it should sit just fine in your machine: do you still want a SSD?).
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Can I clone my HDD to a new HDD without buying an external enclosure?

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I have a new 250gb hard drive that I want to swap out w/ my old overloaded 80gb in my Powerbook (running 10.4). I also have a 3.5" USB external hard drive that I have my user folder backed up to (I read I can't boot from that since its USB). I also can't find my original OS X install disk
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Hi, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Sorry to start a new thread, I can't seem to find a solution to my problem.
No, no, feel free to start a new Topic anytime, it's almost always better.
Well, if you had access to another Mac, you could use FW Target Mode to copy it both ways...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=58583
But without an Install disk, you'd have to clone it with carbon copy cloner to make an exact copy of your old HD to the New one...
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
to have it bootable.

SDD + HDD (With bootcamp) Setup

Hi guys i need help setting up bootcamp with my ssd and partitioning my hdd.
So i already bought my converter for HDD to optical bay. what i need to know now is how to set all of this up
Heres my plan
1. Install SDD to the main drive, move HDD to the OPtical drive. Leave optical drive because i dont need it
2. Install Lion onto SSD
3. Install windows 8 via Bootcamp
Now Lion and Windows 8 will both be on my 256 ssd each will have 128gb partitions
I need to know how to set up my HDD now.
What i plan to do with it is split it up into 250gb partitions for Lion and Windows respectively
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can the HDD have a directory like D://computer/programfiles/games
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Clone Stock HDD to New 850 EVO Pro - T440s

Hello All,
I was wondering if there is a good tutorial somewhere on the proper sequence of steps to successfully clone my existing HDD to the 850 Pro SSD.
I am most curious as to what bios settings needed to be made before, during, or after the cloning process (AHCI?)
I purchased a USB 3.0 to SATA cable to help with the process but don't know if I take the old drive out first and connect it to the cable, or connect the SSD to the cable and start the process.
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Hi,
1. download cloning sw from Samsung's support site. That sw is free of charge.
2. connect new SSD to the usb-sata cable, keep HDD inside of the laptop. Will hope there is enough output on the USB port for SSD powering.
3. install sw you've downloaded and launch that one.
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Can I use disk utilitiy recovery to clone original hdd to a new one

Hi,
My original hdd refuses to boot up, and using disk utility via recovery mode to try and fix it just gives me an error "disk utility stopped repairing the drive, salvage data and format etc." giving an error about invalid node structure or something. Tried using target disk mode with a friend's mac when I was at work but the drive didn't even want to mount. Assuming it's about to die, I have just bought a new hdd (XT Hybrid) and since my mac is pre-Lion era (2010 model) I don't have a built in recovery mode, but strangely enough hooking up my old hdd with a dock and option-booting to it I can still access the recovery HD partition on it.
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Tell you what you do
Get out your 10.6 disk, buy a IDE/SATA to USB adpater cable for $12-$20.
Swtich the drives
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c boot off the 10.6 disk and Zero erase the new drive to map off bad sectors, format GUID with OS X ext. journaled.
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install 10.6, differnt name user Admin account use, software update fully, option click on purchases and reinstall Lion and update.
install programs from fresh sources, and migrate the user account back from your TM drive just to minimalize contamination from older OS X or programs on the bad drive.
if it goes badly, you can log into admin account and delete the user, try again
next get yourself Data Rescue $99 and hook up the bad drive, run that against it and send the output to another drive, then pick through the files.
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Best way to clone a Windows 7 Bootcamp Partition?

I have a 1 TB hard drive that has 2 partitions, one for my OS X install and one for my Windows 7 Bootcamp which I am running parallels off of, and I want to move to a 2TB hard drive and am wondering what the best solution might be to clone my Windows partition to move it to the new drive. I will be using Carbon Copy Cloner for the mac partition.
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For situations like you describe, I prefer to reinstall Windows rather than image. And then install the current versions of whatever programs rather than move over all the leftover garbage in the Registry and old DLLs, etc.
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Additionally, reinstalling Windows would avoid you having to buy an imaging program for Windows. So no $$$, just a few hours of labor. And if you reinstall Windows as a virtual machine, then the future "move" would still be no $$$ and even less labor.

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Connect the two using a Firewire cable. Boot the new computer into Target Disk Mode.
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Hello,
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Check out this link, http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1656

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