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Remove Mac OS X and install Windows?
I got a Macbook Air from work, but I only need Windows programs. I use Bootcamp to create a Windows partition and installed W7 on it. I never boot to Mac OS, but the Mac partition uses up 16GB that I would love to use from Windows but can't.
So here is my question: Can I format the Mac partition to NTFS or FAT32 from W7? I understand that Mac OS will be gone completely, but as I said, I never use it, so I don't mind. I am just concerned that the laptop will not boot to Windows any more for whatever reason (e.g. deleting boot files).
Thanks for the help!
BJ
BJ Ulrichsson
Posted 2012-06-28T12:38:00.890
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The apple website has documentation that explains how to do this. – Ramhound – 2012-06-28T12:43:03.053
Thank you, but unfortunately, I can't find anything using the search. Everything I found was about formatting the windows partition, which is not what I want to do. – BJ Ulrichsson – 2012-06-28T13:10:35.810
Not really. My question is if I can safely format the Mac partition, not if I can install W7 only without OS X. – BJ Ulrichsson – 2012-06-28T15:46:26.473
Ok, I tried it myself. Luckily, it worked.
I did not format the partition in Windows, but went to the Recovery partition, used DiskUtility and formated the Mac partition to FAT (loosing 650MB, apparently). Then I booted W7 (it worked!) and formated the partition to NTFS. No problems so far. – BJ Ulrichsson – 2012-06-28T15:59:13.900