To bootcamp or not to bootcamp

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Anyway, questions. I had a harddrive that died. A few days before I used Windows 7 and bootcamp. I've decided this to be coincidence. Has anyone else experienced Win7 problems and hdd malfunction?



Also which is best: install osx and then bootcamp or go ahead and make two partitions pre osx install forgoing bootcamp altogether?

 

[Stridder44]

I had a harddrive that died. A few days before I used Windows 7 and bootcamp. I've decided this to be coincidence. Has anyone else experienced Win7 problems and hdd malfunction?

And that's all it is; a coincidence. Windows 7 cannot "kill" your hard drive, just like any other OS can't "kill" your hard drive.

Also which is best: install osx and then bootcamp or go ahead and make two partitions pre osx install forgoing bootcamp altogether?

Using the OS X disc, format the whole drive to HFS+ (journaled) and install OS X. Then, after running Software Update in OS X, use Boot Camp to install Windows.