[muglo] Fwd: Re: Inatalling Windows XP on MacBook Pro w/Mac OS 10.6.4

  • From: Bob McDaniel <rmcdaniel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Muglo <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:45:41 -0400

Actually the last paragraph should read that it is the "Partition" that is the 
startup disk and cannot be erased.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Bob McDaniel <rmcdaniel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: June 28, 2010 3:15:08 PM EDT
> To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [muglo] Re: Inatalling Windows XP on MacBook Pro w/Mac OS 10.6.4
> 
> Thanks, Dean. 
> Problem now in Disk Utility is to select a disk (drive) where "Partition" 
> shows and Volume Scheme and Volume Information boxes are not greyed out.  
> After sitting awhile another entry appears below Macintosh HD and my optical 
> drive: Bob McDaniel's MacBook Pro, and indented below, time capsule backups. 
> I sure don't want to erase the backups!
> 
> It also says that the currently selected  disk (200.05 GB FUJITSU MMY 22) is 
> the start-up disk and it cannot be erased. BTW when I select "Macintosh HD" 
> the "Partition" button does not appear.
> Bob
> 
> 
> 
> On 2010-06-28, at 7:16 AM, Dean Danis wrote:
> 
>> Once you partition a drive ALL data will be lost on it. Disk Utility will 
>> format the drive for you once partitioned. Review your time machine backup 
>> to make sure that important data is backed up before proceeding.
>> 
> 

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