Getting Rid of a Windows Partition

im...LOST

Hello all.

I'm running Tiger at the moment and I installed Windows on another partition a good while ago. I only realised yesterday that I never actually use this partition and it's a waste of 20GB tbh.

How would I got about getting rid of the partition that I don't use? Will I have to reformat and install everything again?

Thanks.

Red Alert

Maybe use the opportunity to upgrade to Leopard while you're at it - just make sure you keep a backup of everything first.

In the meanwhile, one option would be to delete the windows partition and then make a new HFS one.

im...LOST

Red Alert wrote: »

In the meanwhile, one option would be to delete the windows partition and then make a new HFS one.

How would I go about that though? I can't do anything with that partition through the Disk Utility. Everything is greyed out unfortunately.

Sad Professor

Bootcamp can do this. However the Tiger version is long expired now.

So upgrade to Leopard +1

or read this:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1309?viewlocale=en_US

Chardee MacDennis

last time i used bootcamp to delete my windows partition my whole drive crapped it self and died - probably just a coincidence but make sure you BACK UP before you do anything!!

im...LOST

When I turn the clock back to August '07, the Boot Camp Beta doesn't appear in the Utilities.

Gah, this is annoying. It's not vital that I get rid of it by any means, but I'd rather have the 20GB actually usable.

Maybe is punishment for installing the Dark Side on my Macbook, eh?

Sad Professor

im...LOST wrote: »

When I turn the clock back to August '07, the Boot Camp Beta doesn't appear in the Utilities.

I don't understand, where did it go? Was it ever there? I mean I assume you used Bootcamp to create the Windows partition originally.

+1 about backing up first. If you don't have a backup leave it alone it's not worth the risk.

Red Alert

Actually when you're doing the backup, make sure to backup the root of the drive - so select all in 'Macintosh HD'. Most of your applications won't need full reinstallations then, apart from the usual suspects like MS Office.

im...LOST

Actually, now that I think of it, I don't recall it ever being there. I think I had to download somethign from the Apple site to install run BootCamp. Now obviously I can't download it again.

Super. :rolleyes:

Sad Professor

I'm sure if you *ahem* search around you'll find it somewhere.

ZENER

*ahem* +1

ZEN