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Try the Option Key at Boot
Authored by: BlueKnight on Jan 14, '08 12:20:02AM

Even though the Boot Camp disk doesn't appear in the Startup Disk preference pane when mounted via NTFS-3g, you can still boot from it by restarting the Mac and pressing the Option (Alt) key until a list of boot choices appears.

Any bootable volume connected to the Mac should appear. Just choose highlight your Boot Camp volume and press Return or click the arrow.

This does not change your boot preference. If you use this method to boot a volume that is not the one selected in the Startup Disc preference pane, when you reboot your Mac, it will boot to the system you last chose in System Preferences.

Of course, you could use the Boot Camp control panel in Windows to set the boot volume after it finishes booting.

Hope this helps!



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