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TheLatestech

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Jun 9, 2011
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Problem with the Boot Camp Partition!

I have a new core i5 21.5 inch 2011 iMac, that I need to run boot camp.

I have a Reinstallation disk for windows vista Home Premium 32 Bit.

I have got through the installation process, until I'm met at a place that says something like, 'please pick the partition you would like to use"

When I highlight the partition I would like to use it says, "Windows cannot be installed to this hard diskspace. Windows must be installed, formatted as NTFS."

I have no idea what to do, please help.

I can hopefully answer any questions.
 
choose the bootcamp partition and u should see an option to format the drive. Once the drive is formatted, than you can install windows.
 
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The boot camp instructions PDF shows exactly what to do to reformat the FAt placeholder as NTfS. Please read it.

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