How Do I Repair My MacBook Pro 15 Inch after critical error partitioning the hardrive?
Hey guys I have just recently turned into a MAC OS X 10.6 user and i needed to have windows on my New MacBook Pro 15", I used the BootCamp Installer within the utilities section of applications and it partitioned my hardrive it then told me the partition needed to be formatted in NTSF format and shutdown, now when i power it up i get the black screen of death and the white stroke in the top left of the screen where the macbook is looking for windows files which are not there as it did not install them thanks to the format being incorrect, is there a way to go back to the original mac section of my hardrive using keyboard shortcuts? Also if i did not recieve a install disc with my macbook should i just take it back to the shop and have a genius look at it?
First of all. don't listen to 'The hatter' - he is being no help here.
There is no critical error.
Also, you don't really need a backup.
To boot into Mac OS X hold down 'alt' whilst pressing the power button and keep pressing alt until a menu pops up, choose Macintosh HD and then it will boot Mac OS X.
Make sure your Windows install disk is in the drive when rebooting.
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