I know Boot Camp Assistant says my files won't be deleted when partitioning but will they be?
There is a warning: "Formatting this drive will delete files on it."
iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.8)
Stop what you are doing and explain what you are doing.
Opened boot camp assistant alloted 32 G for windows XP. Inserted disc and windows started installing. Chose "bootcamp 32G partition" Installation continued wanted to continue partitioning but posted the warning above.
Frequently asked questions states: "Using BCA will not erase information on the Mac OS volume."
I want to be sure files will not be erased by partitioning.
Another warning: using 3rd party disc utilities to partition may erease the disk. The 3rd party disc or files on the HD?
What you are saying makes no sense. Boot Camp formats the partition before installing Windows, you could not have got this far without a formatted partition. Windows 7 requires you to reformat the partition to NTFS, and it does it using the Windows installer.
Take a picture of this message if you are unable to tell me where it came from.
OK.
Thanks.
"Formatting this drive will delete all files on it": Does this mean all my files will be wiped from the hard drive?
