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I have a desktop running windows 7 Professional, which I invested countless number of hours to setup various development environments and tools.

I just purchased a MacBook Pro and need to replicate the same environment. Previously I was using bootcamp to dualboot windows or Mac OS and had to re-install all the tools and programs on Windows running on my Mac.

Other than moving the HardDrive on my PC to a sled with firewire and boot from the portable HD. Is there an easier way to replicate my existing Windows Machine and place it on my MacBook Pro?

Has anyone used the built in Windows backup mentioned here?

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  • Not sure why the downvote? Maybe it was a badly worded question. I've added more details and modified the question. Jan 27, 2015 at 15:18
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    So if you can dual boot, you can use Norton Ghost (or similar tools) to get an image (i.e. backup) of windows and then create a new drive in mac book and put the image on that drive. There should be some problems with boot, so I encourage you to set that drive (on mac book) as logical.
    – TechLife
    Jan 27, 2015 at 15:21
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    Do you need a true Dualboot, or are you okay with using a Windows virtual machine in your Mac?
    – tlng05
    Jan 27, 2015 at 16:01
  • I need a true Dualboot. I'm doing development, which I find VMs are a bit clunky at times. Jan 27, 2015 at 16:15
  • How good is the built-in windows restore program? Jan 27, 2015 at 16:35

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Being a fan of VMs, I'd recommend you use a hypervisor on your Mac like Parallels or VMware Fusion. I've been using Fusion for a few years and have successfully used their migration tool. It's included in the product and will clone your Windows PC into a VM with relative ease.

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  • I need a strong DEV box. VMs have their quirks and frankly for testing their fine, but for actual DEV work I've had them have odd things happen. Feb 6, 2015 at 21:36

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