Migrate Dual Booted MBP

I have looked around a lot and cannot seem to find an answer to this question:
I have a MacBook Pro running Mountain Lion, that I have partitioned to also run Windows 8. My question is, I will be getting a Mac Mini in the next couple of days and be getting rid of my MBP shortly thereafter and I want to be able to transfer the OS for Windows 8 rather than go buy a new copy and try to re-install it. Is there a way to do this? Will migration assistant transfer both partitions of the harddrive or am I SOL?
Thanks,
Ben

Hi, I don;t think MA will do it, for the Bootcamp partition try winclone...
http://gigaom.com/2010/01/12/how-to-image-os-x-and-boot-camp-to-a-new-mac/

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