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smharm13

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Apr 15, 2010
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so heres the deal i was installing windows 7 with bootcamp and my battery died (stupid i know not to plug it in but whatever) anyway no every time i start up my computer it goes to the windows 7 install says theres an error and restarts and just does this over and over again. i pushed the eject button but the disk wont come out.

so my question is....

is there anyway to get back to the osx partition or do i need to schedule an apptment with a genius?


any and all helps would be appreciated thanks
 
Press and hold down the OPTION/ALT key during start up (right after the sound) and select Mac OS X too boot from. When booted into Mac OS X, open Boot Camp Assistant to delete the Windows partition. Then run BCA again to create a new Windows partition and install Windows again (if you like).



Also have a look at the following links, as the information presented there might be helpful in your future endeavours into Mac OS X and could clear up initial confusion and may even prevent harm to your system or your files.Mac OS X Basics
Switch 101 - guide with articles made by Apple on how to accustom yourself, after you switched to Mac OS X from Windows​

Mac 101 - How to get started with Mac OS X​

Find out how - tutorial videos made by Apple on how to do certain thing in Mac OS X​

Pro tips - tips made available by Apple for easier ways of doing certain tasks​

Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts - Learn about common Mac OS X keyboard shortcuts.​

Mac OS X Beginner's Guide by MacRumors - learn about software, media players, shortcuts and some useful tips, tricks and hints​

Mac Guides - tutorials, product guides and more​

MRoogle - a very effective tool to search these fora using Google and made available by edesignuk, introductory threads: 1, 2 and 3

 
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