RE: Running Acronis on MacBook Pro w/Windows
RE: Running Acronis on MacBook Pro w/Windows
- Subject: RE: Running Acronis on MacBook Pro w/Windows
- From: "Eddy Quicksall" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 20:01:06 -0400
This is not a Windows or Acronis question.
Andreas Fink [email@hidden] gave me a possible solution which I will
try as soon as I can.
Eddy
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Smith [mailto:email@hidden]
Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 4:15 PM
To: Eddy Quicksall
Cc: 'Duane Murphy'; email@hidden
Subject: Re: Running Acronis on MacBook Pro w/Windows
Eddy,
It's more complicated than that, but please bear in mind that this is
a mailing list for questions and discussion regarding the Darwin
kernel, not Windows applications. You would be best off raising the
issue with Acronis, or any of their competitors.
= Mike
On May 3, 2008, at 12:05 PM, Eddy Quicksall wrote:
> Duane, Intel Macs do not use the legacy Master Boot Record, they use
> the
> GUID Parition Table scheme. EFI uses GPT where BIOS uses a Master Boot
> Record (MBR).
>
> Acronis's problem is that it does not support the GUID partition
> format.
>
> What I'm wanting to know is if there is a way to over come the Acronis
> shortcomings.
>
> Eddy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Duane Murphy [mailto:email@hidden]
> Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2008 1:25 PM
> To: Eddy Quicksall; email@hidden
> Subject: Re: Running Acronis on MacBook Pro w/Windows
>
> --- At Sat, 3 May 2008 08:20:03 -0400, Eddy Quicksall wrote:
>
>> The Acronis backup program will not run on a MacBook Pro which is
>> running Windows. I believe the problem is due to the fact that
>> Bootcamp
>> does not use the legacy Master Boot Record.
>
> That would be an incorrect supposition. Boot Camp works specifically
> because the MBR is used to boot into Windows.
>
> ...Duane
>
>
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