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oyo123
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Q: Boot camp question

if i install boot camp on my iMac will i still have my mac files there and can change between iOS and windows?


And can i instal boot camp on a extern had disk?

iMac, OS X Yosemite (10.10.5), null

Posted on Jun 19, 2016 3:43 AM

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  • by Rudegar,Helpful

    Rudegar Rudegar Jun 20, 2016 12:18 AM in response to oyo123
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    Jun 20, 2016 12:18 AM in response to oyo123

    bootcamp take a portion set by you of your harddisk in my case I had a 2TB hd and divided it into 1TB for windows and 1TB for osx

     

    when I press option or with my windows keyboard Left Alt key down when it starts up I get a list where I can choose if I wish to start osx and windows

     

    from within windows one see the mac part of the  harddisk as read only and same in osx with the windows part

     

    windows itself does not officially support being run on an external harddisk so I would say no but people usually find ways and I'm not sure if windows see a Thunderbolt connected drive as external as it would an usb connected one.

  • by oyo123,

    oyo123 oyo123 Jun 20, 2016 12:18 AM in response to Rudegar
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    Jun 20, 2016 12:18 AM in response to Rudegar

    but all my mac files stil will be there if i install boot camp?