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Hi there,

I'm a long year Mac user and tomorrow I'm going to build my first Hackintosh.

I would like to create a Fusion Drive with a Samsung EVO 840 + 1 TB harddrive and would like to use Windows 7/ 8 with Parallels / VMWare and would also like to boot on Windows. Is it possible with a Fusion Drive or should I buy and install Windows on a 3rd HDD?

Thanks for your help and best regards.
 
Hi there,

I'm a long year Mac user and tomorrow I'm going to build my first Hackintosh.

I would like to create a Fusion Drive with a Samsung EVO 840 + 1 TB harddrive and would like to use Windows 7/ 8 with Parallels / VMWare and would also like to boot on Windows. Is it possible with a Fusion Drive or should I buy and install Windows on a 3rd HDD?

Thanks for your help and best regards.

Put Windows on a HDD/SSD of its own is better way to go - less :banghead: trying to make it work.
 
Thanks for your answer, will I be able to use Parallels or VMware with it ?
 
Thanks for your answer, will I be able to use Parallels or VMware with it ?
Parallels and vmware require Bootcamp, don't they? Bootcamp does not work on a PC-Mac.
You could try it, I suppose and post back results.
 
Hey,

Managed to get everything working.

I've first installed Windows on a separate HDD, afterwards installed Mac on a Fusion Drive.
Had problems with Parallels no wanting to boot up Windows on Mac, VMWare found the system reserved part of Windows immediately and I could boot Windows up in a virtual machine on Mac.

Thanks for your answers.

Best regards.
 
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