Hi everyone,
I have a MacbookPro from I think late 2009 (can't remember when I bought it).
I recently did a full reinstall because it was clogged up with useless crap I didn't need.
Seeing as I did a full reinstall I thought I'd do a bootcamp and install windows XP on the partition.
It's been fine and I've booted into a few times, however I've literally just gone to boot into it and it wouldn't boot to the desktop. It did the initial loading progress bar, but then just went to black screen. So I rebooted into Windows Safe Mode and everything was still there. I tried once more to boot back into Windows XP, but again black screen so I just booted into OS X. I looked in Finder and now the BOOTCAMP HDD partition is no longer there? I then looked at boot camp assistant and it has no acknowledgement of the partition, and says I have the full 320GB HDD. However, that's not acknowledged by Finder, as the Windows partition had about 50GB or so on it.
As I'm still relatively new to Macs, I don't know where to start now getting the partition restored/wiped so ANY help at all will be appreciated. (Google didn't give me any decent answers)
If any extra info is needed, feel free to ask and I'll get it ASAP.
Thanks
I have a MacbookPro from I think late 2009 (can't remember when I bought it).
I recently did a full reinstall because it was clogged up with useless crap I didn't need.
Seeing as I did a full reinstall I thought I'd do a bootcamp and install windows XP on the partition.
It's been fine and I've booted into a few times, however I've literally just gone to boot into it and it wouldn't boot to the desktop. It did the initial loading progress bar, but then just went to black screen. So I rebooted into Windows Safe Mode and everything was still there. I tried once more to boot back into Windows XP, but again black screen so I just booted into OS X. I looked in Finder and now the BOOTCAMP HDD partition is no longer there? I then looked at boot camp assistant and it has no acknowledgement of the partition, and says I have the full 320GB HDD. However, that's not acknowledged by Finder, as the Windows partition had about 50GB or so on it.
As I'm still relatively new to Macs, I don't know where to start now getting the partition restored/wiped so ANY help at all will be appreciated. (Google didn't give me any decent answers)
If any extra info is needed, feel free to ask and I'll get it ASAP.
Thanks