i need to remove windows XP and perhaps reinstall. i find myself not using XP much and would like to make the partition smaller or i might decide to just not run XP at all from my mactel machine. is there a way to remove the XP OS? if so how? thanks very much!
Are you using Boot Camp or Parallels to run Windows XP? If you are using Parallels, just delete the virtual machine file created by Parallels that holds Windows to remove it.
If you are using bootcamp, use the bootcamp assistant to delete the partition. If you want to reinstall in the same size partition, there's no need to delete -- just install over the old version. If you want to install in a different size partition, delete the old one and install again selecting a different size. (Or search the forum for ways to alter the partition sizes). Deleting the partition will recover HD space. If you're using Parallels, there's a delete VM choice on the VM menu. To reinstall, just create a new VM. The default install will create an expending virtual disk that takes up only as much space as it needs for files you put on it. You can expand it, or create another virtual disk and attach it to your VM if you need more space.
