Removing Boot Camp Partition after now using Parallels

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Removing Boot Camp Partition after now using Parallels

Is it possible to completely remove the boot camp partition (under Snow Leopard) without having to reformat the HD and reinstall everything? I don't need it now that I am using Parallels with an XP virtual machine installed on my OSX partition.

MacBook Pro 17", iMac 20", Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Feb 14, 2010 2:47 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 14, 2010 7:49 AM in response to Darrall Cutting

Very easy. Run the bootcamp assistant and it will remove the partition and make your HD whole again without a reboot.

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utahmac1

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Mar 22, 2010 7:02 PM in response to theiopener

I ran the assistant and did the restore. Now when my computer turns on I have to hold the option key to get to the mac log in. There isn't the windows boot up option any more. However it wont just boot up to Mac. Any ideas?

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Fortuny

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Mar 22, 2010 10:08 PM in response to utahmac1

utahmac1 wrote:
I ran the assistant and did the restore. Now when my computer turns on I have to hold the option key to get to the mac log in. There isn't the windows boot up option any more. However it wont just boot up to Mac. Any ideas?

Once in OS X go to System Preferences - Startup Volume and set OSX to be the default.
On the next reboot ist should automatically boot into OSX.

Regards

Stefan

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Gobucky

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Mar 24, 2010 7:07 AM in response to Darrall Cutting

I am running Windows 7 on Boot Camp. I just purchased the MacUpdate bundle and would like to install Parallels 5. Is it correct to install P5 first, then try to remove the Boot Camp partition? If so, what happens to all the Windows 7 programs and data on the Boot Camp partition?

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