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I have an iMac that dual boots to Windows 7 using Bootcamp. I just purchased a new iMac and I'd like to fully clone my old iMac to the new iMac. I've done this before using a firewire cord and starting as a target drive.

Would this same method work to transfer both operating systems in one go?

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Disk Utility does not work with cloning NTFS formatted partitions and is not able to restore them from disk images as well.

I would set up the Mac and transfer the data as you did in the past for OSX. Once you are done, you can use a utility like Winclone to migrate the Bootcamp partition to your new machine.

Hope you enjoy the new iMac!

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Thanks for the recommendation, I used migration assistant for the OSX side of things. It worked great. Winclone looks to be discontinued though – ChinaPaul Jun 2 '11 at 8:00
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