Constantine Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 After installing OS X86 and thoroughly checking it to see if everything is in order, is there a way to delete the Windows partition making the entire harddrive space usable by OS X? My harddrive isn't very big, and I want a nice, clean OS and Mac seems to be the answer. Thanks Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55903-a-few-quick-questions/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted July 2, 2007 Share Posted July 2, 2007 Constantine, why have a windows partition in the first place? If you can d/l a copy of Hiren's Boot Disk, you can format the entire drive to one primary partition and then justs use your OSX86 install disk to change the drive to hfs+. I've done that several times without a problem. Hope this helps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55903-a-few-quick-questions/#findComment-399717 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantine Posted July 3, 2007 Author Share Posted July 3, 2007 I wanted to have a Windows partition to start out with so I can thoroughly test OS X to make sure everything works properly. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55903-a-few-quick-questions/#findComment-400299 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BJMoose Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Hi Constantine, I'm still not sure what you mean. Why would you need windows to see if OSX is working? Are you referring to a Bootcamp partition? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55903-a-few-quick-questions/#findComment-400305 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Constantine Posted July 3, 2007 Author Share Posted July 3, 2007 I'll describe in detail: I'm going to dual-boot XP and OS X. I'm then going to boot into OS X to see if everything works correctly (sleep, cd/dvd, wireless, ect). If it all goes well, I am strongly leaning to OS X. I was wondering if there was a way to then delete the windows partition, format it for Mac, and join it with the primary partition all within OS X. Thanks again for your help Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/55903-a-few-quick-questions/#findComment-400348 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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