Bob, Unless you really, really want to install Windows XP onto the bare iron as it were, ie where you must shutdown Mac OS and then boot up into Windows, you could make life a lot easier by installing it into a virtual machine. I've used the following and liked them both: Parallels Desktop, around $80 http://store.parallels.com:80/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayPage&Locale=en_US&SiteID=para&id=ThreePgCheckoutShoppingCartPage VMware Fusion, around $80 http://store.vmware.com/servlet/ControllerServlet?Action=DisplayPage&Env=BASE&Locale=en_US&SiteID=vmware&id=ProductDetailsPage&productID=165310200&resid=TA10kAoBAkgAAFvjSH0AAAAh&rests=1277752970713 You can buy those online, download and get going. No disk partitioning required, you can run Windows at the same time as Mac OS, easily transfer files between the two environments, etc. dave On 2010-06-28, at 3:15 PM, Bob McDaniel wrote: > 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. >> > --- Manage your account options at //www.freelists.org/list/muglo