I can reformat. Need Help!

[Josephkyles]

While trying to get Windows Vista to work I have messed up my partitions. When I go to bootcamp to restore to single volume it says it can't. It tells me to go to Disc Utility and and format my disc. To reformat my disc do I go to erase? If so it will not let me, everything is greyed out. If I choose Macintosh HD it will let me erase freespace but that is all. What should I do?!

 

[Josephkyles]

Is 'Erase' the way you format the HD?

 

[plinden]

You have to boot from the install disk. OS X won't let you do anything to the boot disk you've booted into.

 

[igucl]

Is 'Erase' the way you format the HD?

Yes, the 'erase' section is where you select the format you want the drive to take.

 

[MRU]

And once erased. Go into 'parition' and choose options. Then check it's formated the drive in GUID format otherwise you wont be able to install bootcamp.

 

[CanadaRAM]

From the "You Probably Already Know But Its A Good Idea To Mention It Anyways" Department: by formatting (erasing) or repartitioning a drive in Disk Utility, you will lose all programs and data on that volume