#Edit bootcamp partition from osx 2017 how to
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Download AOMEI Backupper Standard 2.0 (I used the 17MB download for Windows 7), install it, and run it.Дў. The easiest way to do that is to clone your Windows partition - and to that end youвЂ™ll need to download some free software: AOMEI Backupper Standard 2.0 fits the bill perfectly, as it will let you clone at the same time as resizing the partition to fit your external Thunderbolt drive (I went from a 50GB internal Bootcamp partition to a 120GB external Thunderbolt SSD).ДЎ. In this step you will copy all the software, drivers, settings and other files from your Bootcamp partition on your internal drive to your external Thunderbolt drive. Step 4: Clone your Bootcamp partition from your internal drive to the external Thunderbolt drive.

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You know you got the right one when the installation process continues and asks for further input.ДЄfter the Windows installation is complete (there will be at least one other restart required - remember to hold down the option (alt) key to start up in Windows, and choose the same Windows on the list in the Windows Boot Manager), youвЂ™ll be running a freshly installed, but crippled Windows 7, as you still havenвЂ™t installed the specific drivers for your hardware. If you pick the wrong one (on the internal drive) at first, simply restart the computer and choose the other one.

#Edit bootcamp partition from osx 2017 how to

I donвЂ™t know how to tell which one is on the external drive and which one is on the internal drive at this point, but I started with the top one on the list and this turned out to be the one I wanted (the newly installed one on the external drive). Also, since your machine now has two Windows 7 installations, Windows Boot Manager will appear and ask you to вЂњChoose an operating system to startвЂќ and there is a list of two Windows.

#Edit bootcamp partition from osx 2017 mac os

At step 9 in the described process at, at the point where the installer asks if the drive you are installing to is a USB hard disk, the correct input is Y for yes, even if your external drive is a Thunderbolt drive (and obviously not a USB hard disk).ДЄt step 10 in the described process at (Reboot your PC), remember to hold down the option (or alt) key at every restart in the installation process, so as not to start up in Mac OS X. Step 3: Follow the directions at to clean install Windows 7 onto your external Thunderbolt drive.ДЄs described at, this involves downloading Windows Automated Installation Kit (WAIK) and running command line tools. I used the procedure described here at .uk. Still running Windows 7 with your Thunderbolt drive connected and visible to the system, it is now time to format your external Thunderbolt drive in NTFS-format. Step 2: Format your Thunderbolt drive in NTFS-format. Start up in Windows 7 (see items 2 & 3 above) and if it all went well, you should now be able to see your Thunderbolt drive under Start>Computer. Connect your Thunderbolt drive to your computer.ДЁ. If the downloaded driver installer is in a compressed format (like zip for example) be sure to decompress it before running the driver installer.Д§. After log in to Windows 7, download the necessary driver software for your Thunderbolt drive (find it at the manufacturerвЂ™s homepage of your Thunderbolt drive - in my case ).ДҐ. Choose the Windows drive to start up Windows 7 on your Bootcamp partition.Д¤. Restart your Mac and hold down the option key (alt key on some keyboards) during startup.ДЈ. Make sure your Thunderbolt drive is disconnected before proceeding.Дў.

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HereвЂ™s what I did (assumes you are running Mac OS X before you begin):ДЎ. This should be simple enough, but proved to be a little tricky. Step 1: Get the Thunderbolt drive to work under your Bootcamp Windows 7 installation. Plus several free downloads from the internet, see description below. Lacie Rugged USB 3/Thunderbolt series, 120GB Solid State Drive

MacBook Pro 15' Retina Display (mid 2012), 2,3 GHz Intel Core i7, 8GB RAM, 250GB SSD Most reports claiming to have successfully been able to run Windows 7 from an external drive, had used Thunderbolt drives, so I decided to get myself a Lacie Rugged USB 3/Thunderbolt series Solid State Drive. I was very close to success with this USB 3 drive, but Windows would fail during start-up. I had a HDD in a USB 3 enclosure, and first tried to install Windows to this (using various guides on the web). I'd read many conflicting reports on the web, some claiming they'd done it successfully, while others said it would be impossible, because Windows 7 wouldn't run from an external drive. I don't use Windows that often and for that reason, I wanted to move the Bootcamp partition to an external hard drive, freeing up space for the Mac side on the internal SSD. I needed to install new software in Windows, but was running out of space fast and didn't have the necessary space on the Windows side.

Due to the relatively small, non-exchangable SSD on my Mac, I'd limited the bootcamp partition to 50GB when installing Windows.