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How remove Windows and partition ?

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b.milewski

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Hi eysterday I install on my MacBook Pro Windows XP to check chow this work on mac. Now I know and I want remove Windows and Windows partition from my Hard Drive. If someone know how do this?

Thanks for help.
 
Ok thanks for info its work. I have one more question about trackpad in mac. Mac have only one button on trackpad second button (like Windows) is under CTRL button. I wonder how use second button under Windows XP, button CTRL in Windows dosent work. Any idea?

BTW I forgot in Mac OS X on desktop I have icon to Windows particion, how hide this icon and change name for this icon?
 
b.milewski said:
I winder how use second button under Windows XP, button CTRL in Windows dosent work. Any idea?
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2-finger-on-trackpad mouse-button click.

b.milewski said:
BTW I forgot in Mac OS X on desktop I have icon to Windows particion, how hide this icon and change name for this icon?
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Go into Windows, and rename the C drive (normally "C" or "Local" ) by putting a period in front of it (i.e. ".C" or ".Local").

If you do that, it won't show up on the desktop in OS X (any folder with a "." in front it of is hidden by default in OS X).
 
b.milewski said:
Ok thanks for info its work. I have one more question about trackpad in mac. Mac have only one button on trackpad second button (like Windows) is under CTRL button. I winder how use second button under Windows XP, button CTRL in Windows dosent work. Any idea?
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Two fingers on the trackpad and click :)

I don't know if tapping with two fingers on the trackpad works...
 
I'm confused re Apple's instruction as to how to nuke Windows and the partition....

Seems there's 2 ways... 1) Windows installed on a single-volume disk - Use Disk Utility to erase the disk and reformat it as a mac os x volume. 2) Windows installed on 2nd disk Partition - Remove windows by deleting the windows partition & restoring disk to a single partition Mac volume.

Um - How do I know which way to do this?

EDIT: I chose #2 and it worked.
 
hi

hi, today i have installed windows xp on my mac using boot camp and the instalation was succesfully done, but now i can't go back to mac system.
when i start the computer my only option is windows... help!!!
 
^ open up Startup Disk in Window's Control Panel, select your Mac OS X partition and then hit restart! there is also Startup Disk in OS X's System Preferences. this is for setting the default boot partition.

to manually select a boot partition hold option on startup.
 
how to remove windows and partition

hey guys

I have installed windows on my mac for professional reasons. Due to the fact that my Mac was getting slow and that I don't need Windows anymore, i format my computer hoping it would get faster, cleaner and obviously windows would be wiped out.

the thing is, it didn't! it got "stuck" in there and i have read that the process to remove windows was through out boot camp assistant. bu now that i've formated my computer this application isn't there anymore.

Please Help.

What should i do?

Thank you

Hope someone will come to the rescue.. :p
 
Open Disk Utility go to the partitions tab highlight your Boot Camp partition and then hit the "-" icon or press delete.

Then drag the bottom right corner of the Mac OS X partition downwards to fill the available space.

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balamw said:
Open Disk Utility go to the partitions tab highlight your Boot Camp partition and then hit the "-" icon or press delete.

Then drag the bottom right corner of the Mac OS X partition downwards to fill the available space.

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Dude i'm sorry but i didn't understand what you've said.

you'll have to talk like i'm some kind of infant. :p

that's too much technical speech.

thank you man
 
Click on the magnifying glass in the top right of your screen.

Enter "Disk Utility" in the textbox and hit return.

When it opens, select the entry in the top of the left hand column. This is your main hard drive.

You should then see "First Aid", "Erase", "Partition", "RAID", "Restore", select "Partition" in the right panel.

See this link for a visual guide.

http://www.creativetechs.com/iq/leopard_disk_utility_can_resize_partitions.html


You should now see two partitions in the graphical view. Select the lower one (Boot camp) and hit the (-) icon below it. Then, follow the instructions in the linked guide to resize the partition.

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gerardburmester said:
Dude i'm sorry but i didn't understand what you've said.

you'll have to talk like i'm some kind of infant. :p

that's too much technical speech.

thank you man
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balamw said:
Click on the magnifying glass in the top right of your screen.

Enter "Disk Utility" in the textbox and hit return.

When it opens, select the entry in the top of the left hand column. This is your main hard drive.

You should then see "First Aid", "Erase", "Partition", "RAID", "Restore", select "Partition" in the right panel.

See this link for a visual guide.

http://www.creativetechs.com/iq/leopard_disk_utility_can_resize_partitions.html


You should now see two partitions in the graphical view. Select the lower one (Boot camp) and hit the (-) icon below it. Then, follow the instructions in the linked guide to resize the partition.

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i've done everything you've said but:

first i'm a Tiger OS user, i dont know if this changes anything.

and i don't see the "-" icon.

i tried to delete i and the icon isn't "pressable"

what if i use that "restore" thing.

there are too blank spaces: source and destination

if i put the windows disk on the source blank and the machintosh disk on destination blank. shouldn't it work? (whitout deleting any data in the computer)
 
gerardburmester said:
i've done everything you've said but:

first i'm a Tiger OS user, i dont know if this changes anything.

and i don't see the "-" icon.

i tried to delete i and the icon isn't "pressable"

what if i use that "restore" thing.

there are too blank spaces: source and destination

if i put the windows disk on the source blank and the machintosh disk on destination blank. shouldn't it work? (whitout deleting any data in the computer)
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As the Leopard introduced the resizing feature absent from Tiger, without deleting data, it matters.

Anyway, don't use the RESTORE tab, it is for restoring from a saved disk image, not for what you want to do.

It might be best to backup all your data via CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper to an external HDD, use the Restore DVD and erasing the partitions using Disk Utility while booted from the Restore DVD.
Then use the OPTION key to boot from the cloned backup and use CCC or SD again to clone the contents back.
Restart again without the HDD connected and now you should have a working Mac, if that removed the sluggishness is another question though.

Guide on how to use Disk Utility from the restore / installation DVD.
Format Your Hard Drive Using Disk Utility
Partition Your Hard Drive With Disk Utility

Or do you not have an external HDD for backing up?



 
simsaladimbamba said:
As the Leopard introduced the resizing feature absent from Tiger, without deleting data, it matters.

Anyway, don't use the RESTORE tab, it is for restoring from a saved disk image, not for what you want to do.

It might be best to backup all your data via CarbonCopyCloner or SuperDuper to an external HDD, use the Restore DVD and erasing the partitions using Disk Utility while booted from the Restore DVD.
Then use the OPTION key to boot from the cloned backup and use CCC or SD again to clone the contents back.
Restart again without the HDD connected and now you should have a working Mac, if that removed the sluggishness is another question though.

Guide on how to use Disk Utility from the restore / installation DVD.
Format Your Hard Drive Using Disk Utility
Partition Your Hard Drive With Disk Utility

Or do you not have an external HDD for backing up?



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well, then i have a problem, 'cause i've installed Ableton Live 8 original version. And if i format my pc again i might not be able to re-install it because the installation is limited to 2 times only.

I've a friend who works at an apple store maybe he can help whit this.

thank you guys for your help.

At least i've learned something that can be useful in my other Imac

thank You for your patience
 
gerardburmester said:
well, then i have a problem, 'cause i've installed Ableton Live 8 original version. And if i format my pc again i might not be able to re-install it because the installation is limited to 2 times only.

I've a friend who works at an apple store maybe he can help whit this.

thank you guys for your help.

At least i've learned something that can be useful in my other Imac

thank You for your patience
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Do you have an external HDD you primarily use with Mac OS X and is thus formatted with the Mac OS Extended fie system (HFS+)?
if that is the case, no reinstallation is required, as when you clone our HDD via CCC or SD to that external HDD, you make a 1:1 copy of it, which is fully bootable.
Therefore you can still use the clone and erase the partitions on the sluggish Mac and then clone the contents back and it will be just like before, hopefully with the sluggishness gone.

But as you Mac is at least three years old, it might be a dying HDD, so i you do not have a backup yet, make one.
 
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Well I guess 10.4 explains why Boot Camp Assistant disappeared. I should have considered that. :p

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