I was trying to setup windows in bootcamp and I have lost everything. I try to reinstall Leopard but there is no volume to install it on. When I use disk utilities it says the HDD isn't formatted. I am new to Mac's do they not run on NTFS? Do I need to try and install windows and reformat FAT 32. I am afraid I will lose all my data but most of it is still secure on my PC.
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HELP Hard drive not formatted after trying bootcamp
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when you install the mac os you need to install it on a mac os extended journaled drive.
use disk utilities to erase it.
os x will not install on ntfs or fat32.
with boot camp you should be able to partition the drive and make that partition into ntfs. and you should be able to install windows on that. i think i am waiting on my new machine to trey it out so i dont know. but good luck
use disk utilities to erase it.
os x will not install on ntfs or fat32.
with boot camp you should be able to partition the drive and make that partition into ntfs. and you should be able to install windows on that. i think i am waiting on my new machine to trey it out so i dont know. but good luck
do you have the cd's that came with it? you can boot from the cd.s and it will go through the install process. there is a menu on the top bar from the start up disk that says disk utilities. and you should be able to reformat the drive. then reinstall the os from disk.
it's real easy.
it's real easy.
