Help !!

I'm preparing to switch to Leopard and a few things I need to know won't cause issues --

I installed boot camp under Tiger and created a partition for Windows XP, I think it was 10.5 GB, but I wasn't able to install Windows with my CD, and I want to get rid of this and empty the space, as Leopard has boot camp and it might cause issues when I Archive and Install.

How do I delete this partition? In Disk Utility I suppose ? I see a partition there called dsk0s3, partition type Microsoft Basic Data, 10.5 GB. Or can this partition be erased using Bootcamp?

A question about Archive and Install -- will my mail in Thunderbird and Mail, Addressbook and iCal prefs, movies, music, and photos, still be in their places or do I have to manually move them from the previous archived system folder?

MacArab said:

I'm preparing to switch to Leopard and a few things I need to know won't cause issues --

I installed boot camp under Tiger and created a partition for Windows XP, I think it was 10.5 GB, but I wasn't able to install Windows with my CD, and I want to get rid of this and empty the space, as Leopard has boot camp and it might cause issues when I Archive and Install.

How do I delete this partition? In Disk Utility I suppose ? I see a partition there called dsk0s3, partition type Microsoft Basic Data, 10.5 GB. Or can this partition be erased using Bootcamp?

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Use the Boot Camp Assistant (Applications => Utilities) to remove the Boot Camp partition prior to installing Leopard.

A question about Archive and Install -- will my mail in Thunderbird and Mail, Addressbook and iCal prefs, movies, music, and photos, still be in their places or do I have to manually move them from the previous archived system folder?

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Everything will be the same as it was before the upgrade, except that the old OS will be in a folder at the root of the system drive. Once you've determined that you don't want to go back to Tiger, you may delete it.

Don't forget to do a backup before you make any changes at all.

Hi, tried following the instructions on Bootcamp, but get only three choices -

1 - Burn a Mac Windows Drivers Disc

2- Start the Windows Installer

3- Restore startup disk to single volume

I get the first two, don't understand what third option entails, is this for removing the partition ?

MacArab said:

Hi, tried following the instructions on Bootcamp, but get only three choices -

1 - Burn a Mac Windows Drivers Disc

2- Start the Windows Installer

3- Restore startup disk to single volume

I get the first two, don't understand what third option entails, is this for removing the partition ?

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Exactly, the third option literally means that you want to put the hard disk back the way it was before you created the Windows partition.

Thanks, worked like a charm.

Just needed to make sure, for scary things involving the words 'partition', 'volume', 'sudo' and 'Terminal.'

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