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<blockquote data-quote="phaley" data-source="post: 1110297" data-attributes="member: 171625">Okay I got this figured out. I'm gonna give step by step instructions for any other noobs like myself who stumble across this post in the future. Keep in mind my goals were to delete the extra partitions and reformat my entire hard drive so my Macbook would run faster.1. Obtain a Mac OS X install DVD.2. Get you your external hard drive, mine is 250 GB but it doesn't need to be that big. Then in the disk utility select your external hard drive and click partition. Add a partition by clicking the plus sign and give the partition about 10 GB of space to be safe. This will restore your hard drive and may take some time. Then, still in the disk utility, click on your 10 GB partition and there should be two boxes. In the &quot;source&quot; field select the mac os x install .dmg file. In the &quot;destination&quot; field drag the 10 GB partition to the box and apply.3. Back up your files on the other half of your external hard drive. 4. Go to System Preferences&gt;Startup Disk&gt; then select the CD drive if you have the install DVD or the 10 GB partition if you followed step 2 and click apply and then restart your computer.5. When the installer begins choose your language then proceed to the next screen but do not install OS X yet. When the tool bar at the top appears choose Utilities&gt;Disk Utility. Choose the disk that Macintosh HD is located in, mine is called FUJITSU, and then click partition. Then under the &quot;volume scheme&quot; tab choose 1 partition. Make sure it is Mac OS extended (journaled) and then name it Macintosh HD or whatever you want.6. When this is done run the installer and then you're good to go.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="phaley, post: 1110297, member: 171625"] Okay I got this figured out. I'm gonna give step by step instructions for any other noobs like myself who stumble across this post in the future. Keep in mind my goals were to delete the extra partitions and reformat my entire hard drive so my Macbook would run faster. 1. Obtain a Mac OS X install DVD. 2. Get you your external hard drive, mine is 250 GB but it doesn't need to be that big. Then in the disk utility select your external hard drive and click partition. Add a partition by clicking the plus sign and give the partition about 10 GB of space to be safe. This will restore your hard drive and may take some time. Then, still in the disk utility, click on your 10 GB partition and there should be two boxes. In the "source" field select the mac os x install .dmg file. In the "destination" field drag the 10 GB partition to the box and apply. 3. Back up your files on the other half of your external hard drive. 4. Go to System Preferences>Startup Disk> then select the CD drive if you have the install DVD or the 10 GB partition if you followed step 2 and click apply and then restart your computer. 5. When the installer begins choose your language then proceed to the next screen but do not install OS X yet. When the tool bar at the top appears choose Utilities>Disk Utility. Choose the disk that Macintosh HD is located in, mine is called FUJITSU, and then click partition. Then under the "volume scheme" tab choose 1 partition. Make sure it is Mac OS extended (journaled) and then name it Macintosh HD or whatever you want. 6. When this is done run the installer and then you're good to go. [/QUOTE]

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