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<blockquote data-quote="Andrew Smith" data-source="post: 338717" data-attributes="member: 28025"><p>G'day</p><p>Im new to the whole bootcamp thing and Macs in general. I was given a new macbook by uni to do with as i please. However when trying to run the bootcamp assististant, it gives me the error that </p><p>"your start up disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition </p><p> Your startup disk must be formatted as a single mac os extended (journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing windows"</p><p></p><p>The computer came with what it seems is a Macintosh_HD and Users Partition. Ive had a play with disc utility but i dont seem to be able to remove the users partition. It seems to have my account on it which is preventing the drive from unmounting. </p><p></p><p>My problem lies in that i dont have the OSX disc, so i cant just format the lot and start from scratch. So im wondering if anyone out there has any idea how i can remove the users partition or how to work around it to install boot camp. </p><p></p><p>Sorry if ive missed anything obvious, i have had a search and couldnt find anything really relating to this. </p><p></p><p>Cheers</p><p></p><p>Andrew</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andrew Smith, post: 338717, member: 28025"] G'day Im new to the whole bootcamp thing and Macs in general. I was given a new macbook by uni to do with as i please. However when trying to run the bootcamp assististant, it gives me the error that "your start up disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition Your startup disk must be formatted as a single mac os extended (journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing windows" The computer came with what it seems is a Macintosh_HD and Users Partition. Ive had a play with disc utility but i dont seem to be able to remove the users partition. It seems to have my account on it which is preventing the drive from unmounting. My problem lies in that i dont have the OSX disc, so i cant just format the lot and start from scratch. So im wondering if anyone out there has any idea how i can remove the users partition or how to work around it to install boot camp. Sorry if ive missed anything obvious, i have had a search and couldnt find anything really relating to this. Cheers Andrew [/QUOTE]
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