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Jamie-30

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have upgraded my iMac 2011 with a 256gb SSD and have kept the 1tb HDD in situ.

I'm trying to have my setup so that OS X and windows are on the SSD then once installed, create a fusion drive with the OS X install on the SSD and the 1tb HDD.

What's the best way of achieving this?
Have tried installing OS X to the SSD then create a BOOTCAMP partition on the SSD all seems ok then when I try to fuse the OSX partition and the HDD, it fuses but I run in to issues with the fusion drive disappearing.

Any advice would be great
 

Jamie-30

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That moves the bootcamp installation to the HDD which I don't want. Want to have the OS X and Windows base OS install on the SSD then fuse the HDD to the OS X partition
 

CoastalOR

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I understand what you want, but that is not what Apple allows. My understanding is that Apple always places the Windows Bootcamp partition on the HDD portion for Fusion drives.

I was just trying to provide information on how Bootcamp is setup for support on fusion drives. If you already knew this and only wanted a way around Apples design then I have nothing to help.
 
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Jamie-30

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Thank you for your support, I didn't mean to offend. I have googled it and people say they have achieved it but no direction/instruction
 
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