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bossy22 · 11-02-2012, 01:58 PM

Buddy has a windows PC with and external harddrive. On the harddrive are all of his documents, pics, music, etc. the pc just contains the software. It's on it's last legs and he wants to get an iMac. What is the best way for the Mac to use the hard drive? Will I have to copy files to the new Mac, reformat the harddrive, and copy back?

Also he will be required to have parallels or something of that nature because some of his work software is windows only. So his work related docs will go on that partition, and the personal items like pics, music, etc will go on the Mac partition.

What is the best way to keep this clean? Any help is appreciated.

11-02-2012, 01:58 PM	#1
bossy22 Powerplay Quarterback Join Date: Oct 2009 Exp:	Migrating from pc to Mac Buddy has a windows PC with and external harddrive. On the harddrive are all of his documents, pics, music, etc. the pc just contains the software. It's on it's last legs and he wants to get an iMac. What is the best way for the Mac to use the hard drive? Will I have to copy files to the new Mac, reformat the harddrive, and copy back? Also he will be required to have parallels or something of that nature because some of his work software is windows only. So his work related docs will go on that partition, and the personal items like pics, music, etc will go on the Mac partition. What is the best way to keep this clean? Any help is appreciated.