Winclone is a great way to make a complete backup of your Boot Camp partition so that you can quickly restore back to Windows in Boot Camp. Boot Runner provides an easy way to switch between OS X and Windows on dual boot Macs. Works great for both individuals and dual boot labs.
When you get a new Mac or have issues with your Windows installation in Boot Camp, re-installing Windows is time consuming and difficult. Winclone makes it easy to make a complete copy of the Boot Camp partition, and restores it back to the exact same state on your existing or new Mac. Winclone supports migration of Boot Camp partitions between Macs, moving your Boot Camp partition to an external drive to free up space, and more. It works great for mass deployment. Boot Camp can be deployed as an OS X installer package and you can also use it with existing Windows tools such as SCCM and Sys Prep for easy mass deployment.
If you manage lots of dual boot Macs, Boot Runner provides a great way to manage the OS selection. You decide which OS by selecting OS X or Windows prior to logging in. It works great in labs. Administrators can fully customize and manage the selection screen, and can remotely select the OS through network policy. Boot Runner includes a scheduling feature to make sure that the Mac is booted into Windows for important system and virus updates. Check out the intro video to learn more.
Winclone and Boot Runner are available for purchase and download today at twocanoes.com and both have full phone and online support options.
Winclone says its the preferred method for resizing boot camp partitions, by making a backup of the windows partition, deleting the BC partition, then resotring from its backup. sounds round-about, but they claim the dynamic resizers can be unreliable.
anybody have experiences confirming or denying this?
I am doing exactly that As We Speak (so to speak). A burglar broke into a client site and managed to grab a BootCamp POS machine before getting scared, dropping the iMac (breaking it’s display), and getting away. Sheriff took the iMac for a couple of weeks to try to get prints, so here I am cloning a new iMac off of an old iMac in order to get the system back up. THE BIG DEAL: part of the process involves running C:WindowsSYSTEM32Sysprep.exe, which removes the software keys from Windows and Office. Which means that you MUST have two sets of keys before you start. Other than that, it seems to be working well, although this is a very slow process.