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Apple Computing Products:
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Snow Leopard can't see Boot Camp drive
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<blockquote data-quote="chscag" data-source="post: 1016196" data-attributes="member: 46727"><p>The only time it's necessary to delete the Windows partition when upgrading to Windows 7 is if the partition was formatted to FAT-32. If the XP partition was formatted to NTFS, Windows 7 can be loaded (32 bit version) over the top of XP. What it will do is move the XP data to a separate folder and create a new one for Windows 7.</p><p></p><p>In your situation since you already deleted the partition and installed Windows 7 that way, Snow Leopard won't recognize the Windows 7 partition. The only way to get around that (at least that I know of) is to start over. Use BC to remove the partition, create a new one, and install Win 7 clean. Make backups first.</p><p></p><p>Regards.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="chscag, post: 1016196, member: 46727"] The only time it's necessary to delete the Windows partition when upgrading to Windows 7 is if the partition was formatted to FAT-32. If the XP partition was formatted to NTFS, Windows 7 can be loaded (32 bit version) over the top of XP. What it will do is move the XP data to a separate folder and create a new one for Windows 7. In your situation since you already deleted the partition and installed Windows 7 that way, Snow Leopard won't recognize the Windows 7 partition. The only way to get around that (at least that I know of) is to start over. Use BC to remove the partition, create a new one, and install Win 7 clean. Make backups first. Regards. [/QUOTE]
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