Formatting a OS X insttall, running Boot Camp, then time machine?

[AnthroAndStargate]

I'm one of the unlucky OS X users who cant install a boot camp parittion. it kernel panics every time i try - tried everything. The "Genuis Bar" suggested formatting.

I held off for this long but I cant wait any longer for a fix from apple - i need to play tf2.

Is it possible for me to format os x off the disc, boot into it, then run boot camp assistnat - partition the drive, then restore my entire system from a time capsule backup?

any thoughts? thanks!

 

[Kmax82]

Yes you can do that. Basically once you finish installing Windows through bootcamp, head back into os x and run the migration wizard from the utilities section in your apps directory. You can restore your drive with time machine there.

Hope that helps.

 

[AnthroAndStargate]

Do you know if this would fix the boot camp kernel panic problem a lot of people (including myself) have been having. Its frustrating. I went to Mac so I didn't have to format or buy third party fixing software like iDefrag lol

 

[Kmax82]

Probably a dumb question, but have you tried booting from your "Install" disc and running Disk Utility to Repair your disk? If so, then I'm not sure. I don't have this issue and haven't really heard a lot about it.

And honestly, it might be a conflict with software. Do you have any third party software installed on your system, or did you try to do this as soon as you got the computer from Apple?

 

[AnthroAndStargate]

Hey KMax, thanks for the response.

yeah ive tried that. every time the kernel panics it corrupts the free space and you have to repiar it - then it repairs it says everything is fine.

i dont think its software becuase A LOT of people are randomly having htis problem. theres multiple threads onmacrumours, mac osx hints, and the apple help forums. a lot of people have this problem straight from the factory (like me) and some who hae old mbp also have it.

i doubt apple will fix it any time soon, its been a problem since before 10.5.2

guess im windowless lol.

 

[Kmax82]

Sorry..

I tried it on my end, and I have had Windows installed on my machine pre Leopard, but now it's definitely not working. It did exactly what you described, so I'll have to repair my disk when I get home, but for now, I'm missing 32 GB.. UGH!

Anyway, I don't think it's hardware, since it was working with the Beta 1.4 in Tiger, but now it's not working in Leopard.. Hmm.. hopefully Apple fixes this, as this is supposed to be a huge selling point of Leopard, no? Geez.. Apple. At least they finally fixed the backing up to an AirDisk over Airport Extreme, FINALLY! At this rate, Leopard will have all it's features when the next cat ships in 2010.

 

[loup garou]

Yep, I ran into this too. I had to wipe and reinstall everything -- I would imagine your time machine backup would work after this as long as you aren't currently backing up so much data that it would surpass your OS X partition once Windows is installed through Boot Camp.

 

[AnthroAndStargate]

so the best bet is for me to format and reinstall? any ideas how long a 70gig tc restore would take? i have a flight in 3 hours and 30 min but id like to get it up by then if possible lol

 

[AnthroAndStargate]

If I used Carbon Copy Cloner would it fix the free space fragmentation when it copied back over?

 

[TheStu]

Originally posted by: AnthroAndStargate
If I used Carbon Copy Cloner would it fix the free space fragmentation when it copied back over?

Copying all teh data off and then back on does optimize the disk, which is the free space fragmentation that you were talking about. OS X does not (to the best of my knowledge) allow file fragmentation, and will do auto defragging on things smaller than 40MB.