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How do I restore Windows 7 from a System Image to a Boot Camp partition without formatting?

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Mar 15, 202642177 views
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I had a 70GB Boot Camp partition on my iMac that I wanted to increase the size of, so after creating a system image (.vhd) on an external FW drive of the Boot Camp partition using Windows Backup and Restore, I removed the Boot Camp partition from within OS X and re-created one that is now 140GB. Wh…

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I would suggest to first install Windows 7 on the new partition as a new installation. Then, within Windows 7, Restore your computer from a system image backup using , and then follow the steps. If worse comes to worst, you can always mount the .vhd…

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