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    How to get the "untitled" HDD off of my desktop in OS X after installing XP?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Ichigo, Oct 17, 2007.

  1. Ichigo

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    I have nothing against it except that it's a blemish across an otherwise pretty background.
     
    Ichigo, Oct 17, 2007
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    Do you want to rename it or get rid of it? I'm not sure if you can get rid of it, but you can get something like desktop sweeper to hide away all your desktop icons and then just click on the ones you want to show.
     
    00fez, Oct 17, 2007
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  3. sulkorp

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    You can unmount the drive using disk utility. That will take it off of the desktop as well as from finder.
     
    sulkorp, Oct 18, 2007
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    That works, except each time you Restart the drive will reappear. A possibly quicker way to do the same thing is to Right-Click and Eject the drive.

    And if you want to not see the OS X partition on the Desktop just go to the General tab in Finder --> Preferences and un-check the "Hard disks" box. Unfortunately this option will not remove the Windows partition from your desktop.
     
    Xander, Oct 18, 2007
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    If you mean that you don't want it labeled "untitled", you have to change the disk's name in windows. Just go into the properties of the drive.
     
    vipergts2207, Oct 18, 2007
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    Yea Xander, I wasn't sure if he could do that or not with an internal hdd, so I just posted what I knew worked for sure.
     
    sulkorp, Oct 18, 2007
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    I might be wrong, but I believe that if you create a Win partition using BootCamp for WinXP and during the installation you specified FAT32, then the 'Untitled HDD' will always appear every time you boot with your OS X. The real solution to this (if you do not intend to have the Win partition to be displayed everytime you boot Mac) is to redo the WinXP setup again with the NTFS option. Since Mac could not read NTFS drives, the Win partition will not be displayed inside OS X. Hope this helps.
     
    petrofsky, Oct 18, 2007
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    As mentioned, log into Windows/Boot Camp, go to Windows Explorer, and rename that drive.
     
    taelrak, Oct 18, 2007
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  9. Ichigo

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    No, you were right about being wrong. :p I've formatted XP under NTFS.

    Anyways, lots of great solutions were posted, so thanks to all who helped!
     
    Ichigo, Oct 19, 2007
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  10. M@lew

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    I've read a way to get it off your desktop is go rename it with a "." in front. This will make it a hidden file and shouldn't be displayed.
     
    M@lew, Oct 20, 2007
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