Ars Technica

Use Boot Camp Assistant to create Windows partition w/o installing Windows?

I had an old 500 GB HDD that I'd partitioned into an OS X partition and Win7 partition. I bought a new 750 GB HDD to put in the main drive bay of my MBP and an OptiBay to hold my old HDD. My desired ...
Cult of Mac

Back up your Windows Boot Camp partition the easy way

This post is brought to you by Twocanoes Software, which is releasing the sixth version of its popular Mac utility Winclone. One of the great things about owning a Mac is how easily you can run ...
CCM

How to create a recovery partition on Windows 8.1

On EasyBCD, on the left panel, go to Edit Boot Menu, and click on Save Settings. Close EasyBCD. How to check the recovery partition? Restart your computer. You will end up in the boot menu, allowing ...
Ars Technica

Upgrading laptop SSD- Keep or nix recovery partitions?

I'm upgrading a Win 8.1 laptop's SSD (Samsung Ativ Book 9) to a new 2TB drive for a family member, and I have a question about which, if any, recovery partitions I should copy over, or just allow ...