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Hey guys I had a question about the partitions on my aluminum macbook bought in late 08 (5,1?).
OK so originally I decided to install windows XP on a 20 GB parition using bootcamp - which worked perfectly. Last week I decided to remove the partition, now here's where I messed up. Instead of using bootcamp assitant to remove the partition, I used to disk utility to "erase" the partition and then converted the partition into HFS+.
So right now it looks like this -
The main partition:
The secondary partition:
Now there are 2 options:
1) "Merge" the partitions - from reading around I don't think this can be done easily
2) Reinstall windows on the 2nd partition - but when I enter bootcamp it says:
So is there any way to "merge" the partitions (without formatting/reinstalling). And if not, is there any way to install XP again via bootcamp?
Cheers.
OK so originally I decided to install windows XP on a 20 GB parition using bootcamp - which worked perfectly. Last week I decided to remove the partition, now here's where I messed up. Instead of using bootcamp assitant to remove the partition, I used to disk utility to "erase" the partition and then converted the partition into HFS+.
So right now it looks like this -
The main partition:
The secondary partition:
Now there are 2 options:
1) "Merge" the partitions - from reading around I don't think this can be done easily
2) Reinstall windows on the 2nd partition - but when I enter bootcamp it says:
Code:
"[b]The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.[/b]
The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows."
So is there any way to "merge" the partitions (without formatting/reinstalling). And if not, is there any way to install XP again via bootcamp?
Cheers.