Lost Boot Camp Partition in my Mac , I can´t install OS X Leopard in my iMac

Lost Boot Camp Partition in my Mac , I can´t install OS X Leopard in my iMac. Thank You

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  • How to adjust Boot Camp partition for more Mac space?

    Hello,
    TLDR Version:
    When I setup Boot Camp, I intended to stay in Windows. I’ve now migrated to Mac and want more disc space allocated to it. How can I adjust this in Boot Camp without deleting and reinstalling Windows?
    Extended Version:
    I have had a 21.5” iMac for right at a year now, and have been running Windows 95% of the time prior to last week. I decided that I was spending more time on the Mac partition and deciding that it was better in my eyes than Windows, and decided to install all of my productivity software (Microsoft Office/Adobe Creative Suite) on it in an effort to wean myself off of Windows.
    Unfortunately, when I set the computer up, I did a 90/10 partition install of Windows on Boot Camp, with 90% of the disc space being allocated to Windows. Obviously, this will no longer work for me, and working from my files in the Boot Camp partition is both limited, and irritating. I would like to adjust the partition the other way; probably an 85/15 partition with the 85% being Mac OSX and the remainder being Windows. Because Mac OSX is the boot disc, it appears as though it can be made smaller, but not larger in Boot Camp.
    1. Is there a way to adjust the partition size without having to delete the Windows partition and reinstall?
    2. Is the Airport Time Capsule a suitable device to temporarily dump my data on while I adjust the partition? I’ve got 99% of my data on a separate external HDD from a data backup a month ago, but would rather not have to make another backup.
    I appreciate any information.
    Best regards,
    Ryan

    Ryan M Smith wrote:
    1. Is there a way to adjust the partition size without having to delete the Windows partition and reinstall?
    You may want to look at Winclone or Camptune. There is Gparted/Live CD for the adventurous souls.
    2. Is the Airport Time Capsule a suitable device to temporarily dump my data on while I adjust the partition? I’ve got 99% of my data on a separate external HDD from a data backup a month ago, but would rather not have to make another backup.
    Time Machine cannot backup Windows. It will only back up OS  - Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac - Apple Support.

  • Ever transfer a Boot camp partition from one Mac to another?

    My iMac has a working Windows 7 running on Boot Camp partition. I want to move it -- system and all, every last bit -- to my MacBook Pro. I installed Win 7 on the MacBook Pro and Windows said it would not authorize the system cause I installed it too many times. I'll have to move my copy of Mac Office 2010 also.
    1) Is this possible?
    2) Will it accept the copied files as an authorized copy of Windows 7?
    Any suggestions, other than buying a new license?

    You can use an imaging program like Ghost or Truimage.  Windows will prompt for reactivation if it detects "too many changed devices."  A different CPU and network card or motherboard chipset will usually be enough.  Basically different motherboard means reactivation so more than likely both Windows and MSOffice will need reactivation since your MBP is a different motherboard than the iMac.
    However, back to the activation thing.  I'm assuming you're just trying the automated internet activation.  If you've not been abusive and this is a legitimate reinstall, (i.e.: this is just the 2nd time reinstalling in the past year or two,) then just call Microsoft using the phone number you see when the reactivation fails.  If they ask, tell them you bought a new computer or had to replace a hard drive.  They will then give you the reactivation key to type in.  I've done this with reinstalling various versions of Windows and MSOffice and calling Microsoft has always worked, of course taking a little longer to deal with the person on the phone versus clicking the mouse.  Again, this assumes this is a legitimate "move" and you've not been reactivating every couple of weeks, which would look suspicious.  I've never called in a "suspicious" instance so I don't know how Microsoft will deal with that.  But otherwise it's relatively painless.

  • What will happen with my Boot Camp partition if I'll do a celan install of Mac OS X Lion?

    I'm planing to do a clean install of Lion (form USB drive). Will my Boot Camp partition (where I have Windows 7 installed) stay untouched?

    You can clone the Bootcamp partition from within OS X using the free WinClone.
    http://download.cnet.com/Winclone/3000-2242_4-11089354.html
    You can also clone your Snow Leopard to another drive (needs a whole one to itself/partition) using the free Carbon Copy Cloner.

  • Late 2013 MBP/Fusion/Boot Camp partition w/Windows XP (!), can I get Bluetooth working or should I give up?

    Hello and please bear with the length of this post.  I had an old MacBook Pro (2007 Santa Rosa) that ran Windows XP in a Boot Camp partition just fine.  One thing Windows has that the Mac doesn't is a free OBD2 app that lets me communicate with a Bluetooth OBD2 scanner to reset my check engine light and read the codes.  This scanner uses Bluetooth.
    A few months ago by a stroke of good luck I got a new Retina MacBook Pro.  Windows XP will not install on it, only Win 7 & 8 (I don't have the install disks anymore anyway).  I did not want to buy a new Windows just to run this one program (the only Windows app I really need).  I thought I could possibly run my old Win XP Boot Camp partition (now in an external USB3 case) under Fusion, and it turns out that I can indeed do this.  However I can not get Bluetooth to work – Win XP, under Fusion, does not see any Bluetooth hardware.  I got some help on the Fusion forum – I was told to uncheck the Share Bluetooth devices with the virtual machine box and check the Apple Bluetooth USB Host Controller box to connect Bluetooth to the virtual machine.  WIn XP, under Fusion, does not seem to see any Bluetooth hardware.
    My question is, do the Boot Camp drivers originally installed when I first used Win XP on my old Santa Rosa MBP have any role here?  I was thinking I might have to update those drivers since I'm on a new Retina MBP, but the update notes specifically say the newer drivers are for Windows 7 and 8.  I haven't tried to install them yet – maybe they'll even refuse to install, I don't know.
    If I'm truly wasting my time trying to get this to work I'll fork over the $40 for the Mac OBD2 software, although I really only need it for a "single use" (trying to pass a state inspection, lol!).  TIA for any help!

    Please ignore the last message - I was hoping I could delete the thread but it looks like I can't.
    After a little more investigation I've decided to give up this quest and pay the $40 for the Mac software.

  • Lost Boot Camp partition after failure repatitioning

    I was trying to install Windows via Boot Camp, it was failure then I decided to revert changes and repartition the volume (using Boot Camp Assistant), unfortunately it was failure too, I did a hard reset. Now that partition (20 GB) is lost, even in Disk Utility. when I open Boot Camp Assitant there is no "remove boot camp" option.

    Further Information:
    I haven't resolved the issue yet and still working on it.
    The TestDisk detailed search revealed following information:
      Mac HFS                196991668  198261203    1269536
    >  Mac HFS                196991676  198261211    1269536
       MS Data                196993024  500117503  303124480 - found using backup sector
       MS Data                498685953  499400704     714752- found using backup sector
       Mac HFS                498848616  500118151    1269536- found using backup sector
       MS Data                499400704  500115455     714752
       MS Data                499473315  499479488       6174- found using backup sector
       MS Data                499479488  499485661       6174 [Boot]
    Thank you.

  • Can I make an additional hard drive partition with a boot camp partition on my mac?

    Hi.
    I have installed boot camp and now I want another partition for a second install of Mavericks. Can I make another partition for this without messing up Windows 8.1?

    Is it dangerous to use an external HD to boot from? The guy at Circuit City told me it was.
    One danger of using an external hard drive as a boot drive, is the connection is not as reliable as an internal hard drive. The other is the mistaken assumption that just because it is separate, or not part of the computer, that it is safe. The only true safety comes in numbers. You should always backup your data*:
    http://www.macmaps.com/backup.html
    2.5" hard drives are a little less reliable than 3.5" hard drives because of the smaller parts involved. Mac Minis have 2.5" hard drives, whereas other desktop Macs have 3.5" hard drives. Whether the reliability of Firewire or USB over SATA or Parallel ATA on 2.5" is enough to offset this difference is hard to say. Having enough backups ensures you don't have to be surprised when you find out in your situation.
    - * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

  • Lost Boot Camp partition after upgrading to OS X Mavericks

    History:
    I had Windows 8 installed on Boot Camp. For some reason I had to enable Bit Locker in Windows that required me to create a partition using Windows Disk Utility. The Windows Disk Utility created the partition but then there was mismatch between GPT and MBR Records.
    The system was working as expected.
    What Happened:
    I decided to upgrade my OS X to the latest version Mavericks 10.9, that owerwritten the MBR Records and updated GPT I guess.
    The Windows BootCamp partition disappeared. Only OS I could use is Mac OS X.
    Current Situation:
    I have been trying many tools so might have further spoiled the situation.
    Out put from some of the utilities
    sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
    Disk: /dev/disk0          geometry: 31130/255/63 [500118192 sectors]
    Signature: 0xAA55
             Starting       Ending
    #: id  cyl  hd sec -  cyl  hd sec [     start -       size]
    1: EE    0   0   2 - 1023 254  63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
    2: AF 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [    409640 -  195312496] HFS+       
    3: 07 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 196993024 -  302407680] HPFS/QNX/AUX
    4: 07 1023 254  63 - 1023 254  63 [ 499400704 -     714752] HPFS/QNX/AUX
    sudo gdisk /dev/disk0
    print
    Disk /dev/disk0: 500118192 sectors, 238.5 GiB
    Logical sector size: 512 bytes
    Disk identifier (GUID): 67A9C2D9-CEE1-49DD-8EE8-84881E7456AC
    Partition table holds up to 128 entries
    First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 500118158
    Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries
    Total free space is 2013 sectors (1006.5 KiB)
    Number  Start (sector)    End (sector)  Size       Code  Name
       1              40          409639   200.0 MiB   EF00  EFI System
       2          409640       195722135   93.1 GiB    AF00  Apple HFS/HFS+
       3       195722136       196991671   619.9 MiB   AB00  Apple boot
       4       196993024       500117503   144.5 GiB   0700  Microsoft basic data
    TestDisk Output
    Disk /dev/disk0 - 256 GB / 238 GiB - 500118192 sectors (RO)
         Partition               Start        End    Size in sectors
    >P EFI System                    40     409639     409600 [EFI]
    P Mac HFS                   409640  195722135  195312496
    P Mac HFS                195722136  196991671    1269536
       Mac HFS                196991676  198261211    1269536
       MS Data                196993024  500117503  303124480
       MS Data                498685953  499400704     714752
       Mac HFS                498848616  500118151    1269536
       MS Data                499400704  500115455     714752
    sudo gpt -r -vv show /dev/disk0
    gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=256060514304; sectorsize=512; blocks=500118192
    gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0
    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 500118191
          start       size  index  contents
              0          1         PMBR
              1          1         Pri GPT header
              2         32         Pri GPT table
             34          6        
             40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
         409640  195312496      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
      195722136    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
      196991672       1352        
      196993024  303124480      4  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
      500117504        655        
      500118159         32         Sec GPT table
      500118191          1         Sec GPT header
    Thanks a ton in advance.

    Further Information:
    I haven't resolved the issue yet and still working on it.
    The TestDisk detailed search revealed following information:
      Mac HFS                196991668  198261203    1269536
    >  Mac HFS                196991676  198261211    1269536
       MS Data                196993024  500117503  303124480 - found using backup sector
       MS Data                498685953  499400704     714752- found using backup sector
       Mac HFS                498848616  500118151    1269536- found using backup sector
       MS Data                499400704  500115455     714752
       MS Data                499473315  499479488       6174- found using backup sector
       MS Data                499479488  499485661       6174 [Boot]
    Thank you.

  • Boot Camp won't update, no Bluetooth, can't install drivers, see OS X DVD

    I have a client who has a whole mess:
    Mac Mini Core2Duo running Leopard 10.5.6
    Boot Camp 1.4 Beta
    Vista
    Inserting the OS X DVD produces nothing, can't see it, can't open it, can't install drivers from OS X Install Disc 1.
    Can't update Boot Camp to 2.1 (update never executes no matter how long you wait after dblclick)
    No Bluetooth in Vista, anywhere. Mighty Mouse somehow works but no scrolling with the ball.
    Won't run Apple Bluetooth Installer.exe
    My only recommendation at this point is to delete the Windows partition and start from scratch, and put XP back on instead of Vista, hoping that we'll be able to update Boot Camp to 2.1 and put the drivers on from the OS X Install Disc 1 that came with the Mini. This is fairly difficult to explain or even comprehend on my part, and I've been doing this for decades.
    Anybody have a hint for me?

    Oh nevermind. I was doing this via remote and as it works out, some people don't know if they have Leopard or Tiger.

  • Hi i am trying to install windows to my macbook through boot camp and i get this message Can't install the software because it is not currently available from the Software Update server.!!!what can i do???please help me!

    Can't install the software because it is not currently available from the Software Update server. this is the message that i get a few days now that i am trying to install windows through boot camp to my macbook!does anybody knows what i can do????

    You keep it on the usb stick for after you boot into Windows. From Windows you install the Windows Support software on the stick. Do you realize that you need to buy and install Windows? The Windows Support software you downloaded is only the Windows drivers for your hardware.
    Read the Boot Camp installation instructions and help guides located here: http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

  • When trying to download Boot Camp Windows Support Software, error says: "Can't install the software because it is not currently available from the Software Update server."

    I use a Macbook Pro 13" mid 2010 on Mavericks and I've tried using the Boot Camp assistant to download support software for Windows 7. This gives the error "Can't install the software because it is not currently available from the Software Update server."
    Further, I tried to separately download Boot Camp 4 and 5. When I do this and try to install from Windows 7, it says that this version of Boot Camp is not for this computer and doesn't install. The result is that I have Windows 7 working and installed, but am unable to use the trackpad to rightclick, brightness settings, etc.
    Please help!
    Thanks

    You need to run Bootcamp Assistant and select only the menu item to download the Windows Support Software. Follow the instructions. The download servers are extremely slow therefore it may take several hours to get the download.

  • How to increase Boot Camp partition without harming both Mac and Windows partition

    Hello Apple Support Communities.
    I have made a Boot Camp partition with my Mac partition, but the problem is that I am running out of space on my Windows partition. (Darn you, Steam Summer Sale! )
    Anyways, is there any way to increase the space on my Windows partition without harming both Mac and Windows partitions. I would prefer if I didn't need to delete the Windows Partition and do everything all over again, as I need to download and set up everything all over again. I also know that changing the Windows partition is a tricky and hard thing, and one step can harm my whole computer, but I think that it is worth the risk.
    I really don't care how to do it, anything, from a bootable program, to anything. I just want to know how to do it.
    So is there any way that I can increase the Windows partition of my Mac without harming both Mac and Windows partitions? Thanks.

    This cannot be done using Boot Camp Assistant. But, you can try using Paragon Camptune X for Mac® – How it works.

  • How do install windows hard drive (from dead pc) into boot camp partition

    My Windows 7 desktop died recently, so I took the opportunity to buy a Mac Mini (latest version as of Feb 2012) as a replacement.  I want to transfer  the Windows 7 installation (from the dead PC) including all applications, accounts, settings, user files, etc to the Boot Camp Partition.   Can someone please provide the steps on how to perform the Win 7 migration to the Mac Mini. 

    Just to clarify:
    I want to install the Windows 7 installation from dead the PC into the Mac Mini's Boot Camp partition.
    I installed the PC's hard drive into an enclosure and connected it to the Mac Mini via the USB port.
    What I want to do is the following:
    1) Do a Windows 7 "fresh" install in the Mac Mini Boot Camp partition.
    2) Migrate all the applications installed on the  Windows 7 PC and their associated data.
    3) Migrate all user accounts and data.
    Is there a tool that can transfer all applications and user accounts from the Windows 7 Hard Drive to the Boot Camp partition on the Mini?
    Based on the documentation the Window Migration tool is Lion OS utility and does not perform a complete migration of all applications installed on the Windows machine.
    thank you.

  • Daily Backup for Boot Camp partition

    I'm looking for a Windows software to perform daily incremental backups from my Boot Camp partition to an external USB drive. It should also be possible to restore the COMPLETE Boot Camp partition from that backup in case of a hard drive failure. (It's NOT necessary that various versions of files are kept around-the-clock like Time Machine does. It's also not necessary that the backup itself is bootable.)
    I've tried Genie TimelIne, but unfortunately it wasn't able to manage a complete restore. The taskbar was missing, no applications were installed (only present), settings were missing after the restore..., so I had to manually install nearly everything.
    I've heard "Macrium Reflect" should be better. Is this true or does anyone have another good tip?
    BTW I'm not looking for a solution to backup from the Boot Camp partition to the OS X partition and I don't want to create a complete clone every day.
    Thanks for your help!

    coxorange wrote:
    A bit difficult to test such a software including worst case recovery if you can't dispense with the concerned computer temporarily. And VERY time-consuming!! Hence I asked for personal experiences.
    Well,  Anyone elses personal experience won't mean much to you unless they have the same setup as you, so asking others for personal experience is as much of a crap shoot for you as doing it yourself.  I went through lots of testing several years ago on my first MacBook Pro, but almost none of that testing is valid for my current machine.  With the variations in machines, and machine configurations, what works for someone else might not work for you, and what might work for you might not work for someone else.  I learned this when I was testing Colnexzilla as a possible backup/cloning tool.  It worked fine on my MacBook Pro, but wouldn't work properly for a number of other users.
    coxorange wrote:
    What do you mean I'm confusing?
    I always wrote about the Boot Camp partition.
    I agree that what you are asking for seems rather confusing.  You talk about backing up your data on your Windows partition, and you talk about performing incremental backups.  The WIndows 7 Data backup utility it perfect for tasks like that.  It's when you start wanting to perform disk image backups, and then ontop of that perform incremental image backups of your Windows partition that things get challenging and confusing.  Since you aren't clear about what scheme you want to use, it is hard to answer with a "clear answer" and not get confused by what you seem to be asking.
    coxorange wrote:
    As far as I know that's not enough to perform incremental backups including EVERYTHING on the Boot Camp partition.
    If you use the Windows 7 data backup and perform incremental backups, you will have a backiup of all your data from the Windows partition.  Isn't that want you want?  If you want to perform a restore, it will not restore you back to a bootable drive, but it will have all your data and files backed up.  If you want to perform a partition backup image, and make those backups incremental nightly, it might be possible.  Since you are talking about a Boot Camp partition on a Mac here, you also need to clarify if you want this backup to run when teh system is booted into Windows, or when teh system is runnign MacOS, or ifit is acceptable to boot from yet another media for the backup purposes. 
    At this time, I'm not sure that any software exists which can make backup image of your Boot Camp/Windows partition when runnign MacOS that will make a backup image that cna restore to a bootable volume and can do incremental backups.  There are few, if any backup tools that will run runder native Windows on your Boot Camp partition that will make an image file backup that can do incremental backups, and also allow you to restore to a bootable partition.  I beleive that the Paragon software is one of the very few that can do this.  I have tried and successfully made backupns and restores from backup disk images using custom boot drives for CloneZilla, and the Paragon Drive Backup tool.  I don't believe that CloneZilla will do inremental backups, and I'm not sure about the Paragon software as I stopped using Boot Camp about 1.5 years ago when I upgraded to my current MacBook Pro.  Now with this system, I don't run native Windows, I only run it virtualized using Parallels Desktop and VMWare Fusion.  For both of those, I get a full system backup with each MacOS backup I take, since the Windows File System is virtualized and stored entirely in files on my MacOS partition.

  • Access Boot Camp Partition via Fusion or Parallels

    I already have a 20gb Vista partition on my Mac is it possible to access that via Fusion or Parallels without rebooting?

    I use Fusion with a boot camp partition containing Windows Vista. No issues when running both Leopard and Fusion with Windows.
    One thing to note though and that is if you are planning to play Windows based games via Fusion then forget it. It will be very slow and in most cases unplayable due to speed. Now, if you are running productivity software (MS Office for Windows etc) then you will love this convenience.
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