The fact there is no definitive Bootcamp image backup procedure within OS X (for Apple's supported Bootcamp feature) is disturbing and a current void for Mac users that require both OS X and Windows, especially for those having actually got a Mac on the basis that it can run both OS's natively from boot. For me back then it just worked and had saved me many times because as often known Windows can on occasions become easily corruptable. It's regrettable that Lion has borken the previous ability to do perfect complete backups and restorations of Bootcamp something I have always been able to enjoy and do with Acronis True Image Home 2010 when using Leopard/Snow Leopard. In whole drive mode for Bootcamp is easly cloned or imaged with Cop圜atX or similar, although device copy methods don't offer the flexibility to resize/adjust to different size destination. ![]() The failure of Winclone in whole drive mode is not too important, though it does undermine confidence somewhat. Probably my error somewhere, but I have always felt more comfortable with Paragon and whole drives.ģ. Most of my testing has been cloning/imaging whole HD, but the couple of times I have tried making an image of just the Bootcamp partition and restoring just the Bootcamp partition they were unsuccessful. Had two long support tickets with Paragon on this and they clearly said six partitions was not supported, and less clear but not surprised that five gave errors.Ģ. I previously tried it with six and although the Paragon Rescue disk appeared to boot, HDM11 wouldn't actually launch from it. When I had five (EFI, OSX, Bootcamp, Lion Recovery and data) it gave errors. ![]() It was solid when my MacBook Pro only had three or four partitions (EFI+OSX+Bootcamp+data or EFI+OSX+Bootcamp+Lion Recovery). ![]() HDM 11 will also clone bootable activated copies or image/restore whole disks or partitions as I'm sure you know.Īs I said in the first post HDM11 has been very successful for me (always booted form the Paragon Rescue CD), with two provisos:ġ. I actually have Paragon Hard Disk Manager 11 (thanks to you in another thread I think) which seems to be a package of a large number of tools that Paragon also market separately under different names.
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