Remove Windows from MacBook Pro

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Remove Windows from MacBook Pro

Hello,

I have Windows 7 on a Boot Camp partition on my MacBook Pro. However, I find that I don't need it anymore, as everything I use now is Mac compatible. My question is: When I remove the Windows partition and restore my hard drive to just OS X, is it a good idea to backup my Mac data and reformat/reinstall OS X as well?
Any advice would be much appreciated.

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macdiscuss

iMac 24 inch 3.06 GHz iMac 17 inch 1.83 GHz MacBook Pro 2.53 GHz 8GB RAM, Mac OS X (10.6.6)

Posted on Jan 22, 2011 4:12 PM

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Niel

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Jan 22, 2011 4:15 PM in response to macdiscuss

Reformatting the drive won't help anything in your case. You should always have a backup of the files you'd mind losing.

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Jan 23, 2011 7:23 AM in response to macdiscuss

macdiscuss wrote:
Hello,

I have Windows 7 on a Boot Camp partition on my MacBook Pro. However, I find that I don't need it anymore, as everything I use now is Mac compatible. My question is: When I remove the Windows partition and restore my hard drive to just OS X, is it a good idea to backup my Mac data and reformat/reinstall OS X as well?
Any advice would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
macdiscuss

Use Boot Camp Assistant to remove Windows. It will not impact your OSx partition except to restore the hard drive to a single partition. But, it is always a good idea to backup your data whenever you do anything to a hard drive. Things unexpectedly happen and when they do you'll be glad you have a backup.

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dwb

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Jan 23, 2011 8:49 AM in response to macdiscuss

All you need to do is run the BootCamp Assistant again and select the remove Bootcamp option. The Windows partition will be removed and all the space will be given back to your Mac. I do recommend that you back up your Mac before doing this - although it is rare, removing a partition can cause problems.

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