Super Quick Bootcamp question

[starving student]

say you want to reformat the xp side, is it necessary to reinstall leopard to do this or can you just erase the windows side and re-install it., also do you have to do it from the mac side, asking because mine boots into windows by default

[eandersonase]

Are u asking about a computer that has 2 partitions and is running both xp and mac and u just want to reinstall xp? If so then idk lol. No u can format and reinstall xp only u do not need to format the whole drive just the partition that has xp on it

[starving student]

yeah thats what I'm saying, it's been so long since I installed bootcamp I can't remember if I had to do the whole shabang or what,

[xrayfish]

You'll need Leopard (10.5 or 6) though - the option to use boot camp in 10.4 was time-limited and it won't let you do it anymore as I discovered when I tried to reinstall it.

[siliconarc]

say you want to reformat the xp side, is it necessary to reinstall leopard to do this or can you just erase the windows side and re-install it., also do you have to do it from the mac side, asking because mine boots into windows by default

mac side. restart with 'alt' held down and select OSX as the startup disk.

not sure if this is the quickest, but its probably the cleanest:
launch the Bootcamp Setup Assistant (in Utilities folder) > create/remove windows partition > remove
then create a new partition and reinstall windows and install apple's drivers from the leopard dvd.

[LoopStationZebra]

What if I wanted to dump my Windows partition altogether and reclaim that space for the Mac side?

[siliconarc]

Bootcamp Setup Assistant > create/remove windows partition > remove

[McQ714]

why would you need bootcamp in the first place? you're on a mac... what could you possibly need windows for? i thought macs did everything!?!?

All hail Windows 7!!!

[beats me]

why would you need bootcamp in the first place? you're on a mac... what could you possibly need windows for? i thought macs did everything!?!?

All hail Windows 7!!!

Macs don't do everything.

You still need Windows to take advantage of the latest viruses and malware. Nothing is more frustrating than clicking on a random exe file and nothing happens.

[starving student]

thanks chums, and I do meAn chums.