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    Deleted boot camp i think? Please help!

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by TylerS23, May 8, 2007.

  1. TylerS23

    TylerS23 Notebook Consultant

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    I deleted bootcamp awhile ago, atleast I'm pretty sure I did. Everytime i restart my computer on my desktop still appears the windows partion disk icon and it still says 10gb free, thats how much space i gave it when i partioned them. Does this icon mean I didn't delete completely off? What can I do to get rid of this icon so it doesn't appear everytime i restart!? Thanks
     
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    reinstall bootcamp and use the bootcamp utility to delete the partition.
     
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    Thats what i did the first time? so i should do it again?
     
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    I'd try it again. If it still doesn't work then use a program called partition magic. It works wonders.
     
    system_159, May 9, 2007
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    Partition Magic... for Macs???
     
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    Yeah? I just checked and it says for windows? so that didn't help, any other suggestions..
     
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    maybe he means a Gparted LiveCD ?
     
    pbcustom98, May 9, 2007
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    system_159, May 9, 2007
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    well im not looking to buy anything..not even from england
     
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    The GParted LiveCD just runs off the CD and no installation is needed. So unless the new Macs don't support booting from a CD, then it should all be fine. And even better, unlike Partition Magic (and possibly iPartition), no installation to the hard drive is necessary.
     
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    GParted is free.
     
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    Yeah, but can it deal with EFi/BIOS emulation issues? That's the real problem with partitions in a Mac, specially if you plan to boot from one of them. Since this guy probably doesn't want to reinstall OSX, I'd check that first before using any third part utility.
     
    Wooky, May 10, 2007
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    I still havent found a good way to delete it, has anybody out there had this problem and found a for sure way to delete it? thanks.
     
    TylerS23, May 18, 2007
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    any advice is helpful
     
    TylerS23, May 18, 2007
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    cashmonee, May 18, 2007
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    i finally figured it out!
     
    TylerS23, May 19, 2007
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    Would you be so kind as to share so others who may have the problem know the fix?
     
    cashmonee, May 20, 2007
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