About reformat bootcamp

How do u reformat bootcamp? Do you need the bootcamp installion cd when reformating? I got bootcamp install to my macbook pro. How do you reformat? At mac platform under bootcamp assistant or in window platform right click "bootcamp" and press format or insert the bootcamp cd and press uninstall or what method?This is my first time reformatting a bootcamp.
Thank you.

windows 7 install dvd of course

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A few questions about reformatting my mac

Alright, I have had my Mac for about a year now and have filled up every nook and cranny of its hard drive and it has begun to kind of lag a lot. I want to backup a lot of things and then reformat the hardrive. I have a few questions before I go about doing this:
How do I reformat my drive?
How do I reinstall tiger, when I bought my mac it came with 10.3 but then tiger came out the day after and I got it for 9.99 and had to install it after I started using my mac, I think its an upgrade version, does that matter? Do I install 10.3 and upgrade it again to tiger?
Am I stupid for doing this?
Another question, a little off topic....
I backup my iTunes library on an external hardrive a lot, but its a manual backup, I dont use an application that compresses it to one file, I just copy the iTunes library folder to another drive. Everytime I delete an artist from my library, I delete it permanently, knowing that I still have them saved on the external drive. So if I deleted a folder called AC/DC from my regular itunes folder, when I copy my iTunes folder to the backup, it asks me if I want to replace the folder called iTunes, Will it delete the folder called ac/dc already in the backup, since it isnt in the folder I am copying over.
-Thanks

Hi boarderjosh,
first of all: WELCOME TO THE DISCUSSIONS!
Reformat: Boot from the 10.3 install CD 1 by holding down the c-key during boot. Once the installer app has started select "disk utility" from the menu and reformat your drive.
Reinstall: If your Tiger disks are upgrade disks you will have to install 10.3 first and then upgrade to 10.4. Do not forget: Repair permissions before and after each update step!
Stupid: No, because your disk is so full this might be the best way. Keep in mind that MacOS X needs at least 1.5 GB of free hard disk space at all times in order to work properly.
Backup: If you select to replace the folder the system will do exactly that: Erase the old folder and copy the new one. Therefore all contents that was in the old folder is gone and you will only have what is in the new folder. Most backup applications such as Carbon Copy Cloner have a synchronize option and an option where you can select whether files that are not in the new folder should be kept or deleted.

Easy question about Reformatting

Hello all,
I am trying to reformat my HD after I have deleted Windows XP off of a partition. The reason for this is an upgrade to Vista and a larger allotment of HD space. My question is:
I am using Backup v3.1.1. (v369) and I have FULL backup files of my Home folder, and my Music folder (as backup for my backup) for all my iTunes libraries. These are located on a portable HD. Are these the correct files to have backed up in order to have my MAC the way it was before I started the process? If so, then once the reformatting is complete, how do I get it all back onto my MAC permanently? Will all my apps and tweaks work as before?
I am sure this is a simple question, however, I have never had to do this with a MAC, and I want to make sure I have all bases covered before I begin this. Any other comments or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks All!

You call this an easy question ???
Just messin with ya
Your home folder is the most important folder containing your music, documents, preferences etc. but a lot is also stored in the system folder and library folder outside your home folder, if you want to be ensured of an exact copy of your current system the best way to go at this is to clone your system partition.
The app i use for this is carbonCopyCloner
http://www.bombich.com/software/ccc.html
To add to this.. i've heard there is software for the mac that allows you to make adjustments to the size of your partitions without having to format the drive, i don't know the names of these products but i do know that it's very risky to use them, if you decide to use an app like that make sure you have proper backups of everything just in case it goes wrong.
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How can I reformat my Mac OS partition without deleting my bootcamp Windows?

Hi all, I recently feel that my mac OSX - Snow leopard I pressume, version 10.6.8 is running a tad slower than it previous does. Hence I'm thinking about reformatting it. However, as I have booted Windows in a separate partition, I've no clue on how to do a clean reformat without removing windows. I believe it should be pretty simple but I'm clueless about such IT tech matters so I appreciate any help and advice that comes along!

You don't need to do anything special but should make a backup first.
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How to get Windows 7 on Bootcamp to see an external hard drive

I run windows 7 on my desktop using parallels and an external hard drive shows up just fine, but when I run windows in bootcamp on my laptop the same external hard drive does not show up. Anyway to fix this or do I need to redo things and install parallels on my laptop to get to work?
I also notice that when that same external hard drive is connected to my desktop computer the drive letter changes. Sometimes time machine will grab the drive letter and the external gets assigned another drive letter which messes with my database programs that run in windows. Is there a way to fix the drive letter I've used in a path in those programs?
And if I do end up having to install parallels on my laptop what is the proper way to go about reformatting and getting ride of bootcamp and windows 7?

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Downloads here.
Best to restore the hard disk to its original out-of-the-box contents using Toshiba recovery media. All the drivers and utilities are properly preinstalled. Windows is preactivated.
If you failed to burn recovery discs, you can obtain them from Toshiba. Scroll down to Get Recovery Media here.
For instructions, see the section Restoring from recovery DVDs/media, which begins on p. 70 of the User's Guide.
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If the new hard disk uses advanced-format technology, be prepared to install a new storage driver first thing.
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-Jerry

Rather Urgent: Mac HD cannot be repaired. Bootcamp windows effected?

This is rather urgent, as I need the computer for the Bar Examination on Tuesday (two days away!)
Today, my MacBook Air gave a "question mark" folder on booting. I tried booting from a disk, and using Disk Utility. The Disk Repair said it cannot repair the Mac HD, advising to backup, reformat, and re-install.
I also have Bootcamp Windows 7 installed. That is currently working fine. And that is what I need for the Bar Exam. If everything stays as is, I am okay.
So my question is: Will the damaged Mac HD ruin the undamaged Bootcamp Windows? And if so, what can I do to fix this?
There's special software called ExamSoft that is required to take the Bar. Unfortunately, you can only download it once, and you have to verify the laptop when you download, so this is not something I can download after reformatting. I can not reformat the harddrive until after the exam. (They advise keeping the software on for 9 months!) But I am okay with that, I can deal with all my other computer needs afterwards, but with just two days away from a three day exam, I am very worried about my Bootcamp Windows going down, taking the exam software with it.
Please advise!!

As you've already taken the bar exam, this reply comes too late to take care of that initial fear of losing everything.
I do have some steps that you can follow now that the stress has subsided:
1) Get yourself a copy of Alsoft Disk Warrior (the latest is 4.1.1) -- It's worth its weight in gold
2) Find your system CDs or 10.6 cd -- whichever is newest
3) Get an external drive that you can format for mac
Depending on whether you mind losing the data on the Mac side of your computer or not will determine the steps you would need to go through and how much work it will take to get back up and running.
*If you don't mind losing the data on the mac side of your system:*
1) Boot to your 10.6 cd or latest system disk
2) When it makes it to the installation screen choose English. Then from the Utilities menu at the top choose Disk Utility.
3) VERY IMPORTANT TO DO PROPERLY -- Choose the Macintosh HD partition (not bootcamp and NOT THE MAIN DRIVE).
4) Select Erase tab and make sure the format is Mac OS Extended (Journaled), name can be anything you want. Click the Erase button.
5) Quit Disk Utility and go through the 10.6 installation process as normal.
6) Once install has finished, you can restore your data if you have it on a time machine volume or on another Mac, otherwise just set the system up fresh and install your various Apps, etc.
7) Follow the steps below to make a backup/image of your Windows Boot Camp partition
*If you mind losing the data on the mac side, follow these steps:*
1) Boot to the Disk Warrior CD -- (If it doesn't boot to the cd due to the system being newer, you'll have to create a Bootable hard drive for the Mac - http://www.ehow.com/how5142897make-bootable-usb-mac.html. Once you have a bootable drive you can drag copy DiskWarrior to the bootable drive from off the CD after you've temporarily booted to the external drive -- hold Option key at startup and select the external hard drive to boot to it)
2) Attempt to repair the Mac HD partition using Disk Warrior, and if it's successful you can continue with these steps -- if it's not.. consider your mac data lost to standard recovery methods.
3) After it repairs, restart and boot to the 10.6 or latest System cd you have.
4) Under the Utilities menu, choose Disk Utility, and check your Mac HD for problems.. since Disk Warrior cleaned up the directory structure it probably won't have errors.
5) Walk through a standard install of 10.6
6) Perform all updates and BACK UP YOUR STUFF!
7) Follow the next steps below to make a backup/image of your Windows Boot Camp partition
*To back up your Windows Boot Camp Partition:*
1) Once your system works on the Mac side again, make sure you're booted into the Mac Side.
2) Download and install Winclone (drag to your applications folder) http://download.cnet.com/Winclone/3000-2242_4-172338.html
3) Run Winclone and select your bootcamp partition.
4) Plug in your external hard drive and make sure it's formatted for Mac, if it's not, use Disk Utility and choose the external drive, and choose to Erase the volume and format as Mac OS Extended. THIS WILL ERASE THE DATA ON THE DRIVE, there's no way to convert the drive to Mac Formatted from a PC format. It's not recommended to use a PC formatted disk for this, it's possible that it might work but it's not worth the risk if it doesn't.
5) Inside Winclone, click the Image.. button, give your Bootcamp image a name such as: Bootcamp 2-25-2011
6) Save the image onto the external drive.
To restore the image you can open Winclone, click Restore, select the disk image you saved, and then restore it to the BOOTCAMP partition. A restoration would be necessary if you were to wipe the whole drive, if you were to install a newer drive into your system, if you wanted to resize your bootcamp partition to be larger, or if you were to migrate your BOOTCAMP partition to another system.
Hope that helps you and others!
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Is it posible to use a sata hard drive from pc in bootcamp

Hello! my old laptop (pc) died a month ago and i have the sata hard drive from it. i was wondering if it is posible to run the hard drive externally or internally in my macbook pro running 10.7.5 lion in boot camp or something? the hard drive is in tact and has windows 7 already installed. i just need to know if it is posible to use or not. i see pages about using bootcamp to get windows 7 internally but nothing like this. and i dont wanna pay to talk to apple support -.-

If you install the drive internally, you will of course no longer have access to OS X, though the drive should startup. Badly though since the drivers for your Mac's hardware won't be on the drive. I don't recall if Windows 7 will boot from an external drive. I believe Windows itself doesn't allow it and will refuse to startup from an external if you try.
Do note that this is a lot of work.
Since I'm pretty certain you cannot boot Win 7 from an external drive, you have to get it on your internal. To move the install you have so you don't have to install Win 7 and all of your installed software from scratch, you need a third party software package.
1) Purchase Winclone. Follow their instructions for preparing your Win 7 install from a PC to a BootCamp partition. This does involve having the Windows drive in a working PC.
2) Use Disk Utility to create a FAT32 partition at the size you want Win 7 to occupy. You can do this without reformatting the drive. Make sure you have a complete, restorable backup of your Mac before proceeding in case something goes wrong, or you goof up. Launch Disk Utility and click on the physical drive name of the Mac's drive. Click the Partition tab. Drag the bottom right corner of the Mac's current partition up to create an unused area on the drive. You will only be able to drag it up as far as there is no live data, which will be shown in blue. Make sure not to crowd your OS X partition and starve it for space. Click the + button. A new partition will fill the empty space you made. By default, it will be Mac OS Extended. Change it to MS-DOS, which will be a FAT32 partition. Click Apply. Don't worry that it's not NTFS. When you restore your Win 7 disk image, it will automatically become the same file system as the source.
3) There is the issue of partition size. If a cloned Windows drive takes up 500 GB on its source drive, that's how much room it will take up on the target drive, no matter how big of a partition you made for it. Say you only want Windows to only take up 100 GB of space. When you restore the clone, it will force the partition size out to 500 GB, because that's the amount of space it took up originally. This is not an issue with Winclone. It's just what Windows does when being cloned. Using something like Symantec's Ghost to restore a Windows disk image on a PC will do the same thing. It will only become smaller if the overall size of the target drive itself is smaller and it can't take up its original amount of space. To force the target partition size down, you have to shrink the Winclone image. I've done this myself, and it does work.
4) Once you finally get the Windows clone onto your Mac's internal drive, follow only the BootCamp instructions to get the Win 7 drivers for your Mac ready. Boot into Win 7 and install the initial Win 7 drivers for your Mac.
5) Once that's done, the graphics will be rough at this point. You'll now have an Apple Software Update menu item in Windows. Run that to download and install any other BootCamp drivers it lists. When you restart after that, the desktop should then be correct.

Back up reformatted my partioned drive.

During a back up I managed to some how reformat the drive I was using for windows. Since then I can not reload anything into the drive and even tried to reload the drive and can not do anything with it now. Any ideas?

I your talking about your Bootcamp drive, You can use the Bootcamp Setup Assistant to delete the partition and create a new on to again run windows
If this doesn't work,then most likely your only option, if you wish to allocate the space back to your mac or run windows again, is to reformat your whole drive to one partition, back to Mac OS Extended (journaled), and then you can use the Bootcamp Setup Assistant to re-partition your drive and re-install windows

Bootcamp-Windows 7 64-bit, Drivers problem

Hi everyone,
I have an iMac 27" i5 and I m using windows 7 64-bit via bootcamp, and I m having an issue with 3 drivers:
1) Intel(R) Turbo Boost Technology Driver--------error code 10
2)Intel(R) 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3B36------------error code 10
3)Intel(R) 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Family USB Universal Host Controller - 3B3B it says the driver needs to be reinstalled.
4)There are problems with some PnP devices. Windows will take additional steps to further troubleshoot these devices.
5)Driver updates aren't automatically installed when detected by Windows Update.
I have purchased : RadarSync PCupdater to update or reinstall these drivers, I also tried reinstalling them with the Macintosh cd, but no luck.
If anyone has similar problem and knows what should I do please inform me.
Thanks in advance.

Hello,
I have iMac for one year, windows is genuine , windows 7 home premium,
I have to mention I had a serious virus, and after cleaning my pc i delete the partition and run it again( I ve done this 3 times) .
I dont know about Lion Bootcamp 4.01 , I just use the instructions to create the partition and then I run Windows 7 Home premium and last I do is to run the drivers from the default cd I got with my iMac.
Thank you for your reply.

Bootcamp missing after Yosemite upgrade

So I had OS-X Mavericks installed and a Windows 7 Bootcamp partition. Now I've installed OS-X Yosemite and I’ve run into a problem. Here are the steps I took:
First, I resized partitions manually using Disk Utility to even up the space a bit.
Installed Yosemite
Now, I can boot into Bootcamp just fine, and I can boot into OS-X fine. But I can no longer see my Bootcamp drive in OS-X and I can’t access it via Parallels.
Looking at previous similar problems on the forums here, I ran a couple of sudo commands for more info:
[REDACTED} sudo gpt -r -vv show disk0
WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss
or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your
typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.
To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.
Password:
gpt show: disk0: mediasize=750156374016; sectorsize=512; blocks=1465149168
gpt show: disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0
gpt show: disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: disk0: Sec GPT at sector 1465149167
       start        size index contents
           0           1         MBR
           1           1         Pri GPT header
           2          32         Pri GPT table
          34           6
          40      409600      1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
      409640   927734368      2 GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
   928144008     1269544      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
   929413552        1616
   929415168   242765824      4
1172180992   292966400      4 GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7
1465147392        1743
1465149135          32         Sec GPT table
1465149167           1         Sec GPT header
[REDACTED] sudo fdisk /dev/disk0
Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 91201/255/63 [1465149168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
         Starting       Ending
#: id cyl hd sec - cyl hd sec [     start -       size]
1: EE    0   0   2 -   25 127 14 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
2: AF   25 127 15 - 1023 254 63 [    409640 - 927734368] HFS+
3: AB 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 928144008 -    1269544] Darwin Boot
*4: 07 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [ 929415168 - 535732224] HPFS/QNX/AUX
============
DIsk0s4 shows up in Disk Utility, but shows as the old size (150GB) not as it’s new size (closer to 275GB).
I think I see the problem here, but I’m not yet enough of an OS-X ninja to know for sure… any help would be appreciated.
Thx!

Nothing? Nobody? Well, at least I'm seeing a lot of other posts about Yosemite/bootcamp issues, so I know it's not just me. It just ***** to have to take time off work to rebuild my Windows side so I can actually... well, work.
- Mal

Inherit Time Machine History on Reformatted External Hard Drive?

A few days ago the external hard drive I use to store all my data got corrupted. This external drive is also the location of my home folder (I moved it off the primary disk to have more space). The main OS system disk is fine and I was able to login to the guest account, but couldn't log in to my primary account since the drive wasn't working properly.
From the guest account I ran disk utility on the external drive and it was unable to fix it and it required reformatting. I reformatted the drive and restored the data to it from the my Time Machine backup. I then was able to log back in to my primary account. As far as I can tell all my files are there. However now when I open Time Machine there is no history.
Based on other info I've found on these forums and others, by reformatting the drive (even with the same name), Time Machine treats this as a new drive and wants to start a new Time Machine history for it. I've learned about the inherit history commands that I can run but before I do that I had a couple questions:
1. If the history is still available, should I be able to see that when I manually browse the contents of the Time Machine drive? There is a folder with a "full sized" backup but I don't see any subfolders with incremental backups.
2. If the command fails to link history, is there an alternative to get it back - or should I just format the Time Machine drive and start a new full backup. It seems like everything restored ok, but I'm nervous about reformatting the backup.
3. Might there be a better configuration for my home folder storage for day to day use and backup purposes? With this issue, it was unsettling being effectively locked out of the machine since the home folder is on the external drive. Also it seemed doing a "system" restore could only restore the system drive and not the "complete system" including the external drive. It would be nice if I could just restore everything from Time Machine in one shot without having to shuffle things around, reformat manually etc.
I'm running Mavericks on a Mac Mini if that helps. My external drive is 2TB with about 1.25TB of data currently and my Time Machine disk is 1.5TB. System disk is 1TB.
Thanks!

Your best option is to start another backup on a new hard drive. You should do that anyway, as one backup is not enough to be safe. Put the old drive aside until you're sure you'll no longer need the data on it, then erase it and start over.

About to install Win XP

OK, I've printed out and RTFM about using Bootcamp, but given the huge number of problems I see on the forum I would like to ask some final advice before starting the process.
I have OSX 1.5.2
My Mac Pro has 3 hard drives right now. One is for OSX, one is a scratch disk and one is my media contents drive, all formatted for Mac.
I have a nice new 500GB drive that will go into drive bay 4. I would like to use half of it to store a bootable clone of my OSX (using Superduper) and half of it for my Win XP installation and Windows software.
How should I go about doing this?
Install the new hd and let OSX format the whole thing for Mac (OSX extended journaled) then use Bootcamp to partition half of it for Windows (can it create an NTFS volume or just a FAT 32 volume)?
Or, create 2 partitions with OSX, one as OSX extended journaled and one as FAT32 and then use Bootcamp to install Windows to the FAT 32 partition, letting the Windows installer create an NTFS volume on the FAT 32 partition?
Or some other way?
Thanks for any advice.

Thank you.
Will be also be able to use the partition that OSX creates to hold a bootable clone of my OSX hard drive created with Superduper?
Will it be possible to boot from either the Windows partition or the OSX partition with the Superduper clone if they are both on that same drive?

Not Again! Window Ultimate Parallels and Bootcamp

I have read hundreds of threads and I don’t want this to be another but I have question that were not specifically answered on not answered at all. I am a life long Windows user and finally made the jump a few months ago. I am a photographer and I have many thousands of dollars in (Windows) software. I considered repurchasing some of them, just keeping an old PC, buying new MAC license for the software that offered it but I have decided to run a dual OS MAC.
Specs:
Model Name: MacBook Pro
Model Identifier: MacBookPro5,5
Processor Name: Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed: 2.26 GHz
Number Of Processors: 1
Total Number Of Cores: 2
L2 Cache: 3 MB
Memory: 2 GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version: MBP55.00AC.B03
SMC Version (system): 1.47f2
System Version: Mac OS X 10.6.1 (10B504)
The big question, Bootcamp or Parallels?
I will use Windows (Vista Ultimate 32bit) for Adobe Master Collection (mainly PS, DW and Flash). I have a few other pieces like Light Room, Aperture and one or two PC only apps. My main uses are minor/moderate .jpg photo retouches/edits in Photoshop and maintain my websites with Dreamweaver.
Questions:
1. With my needs, does it sound like BC or Parallels might be a good fit? (File sharing in mind)
2. What will I see when I fire up the MAC? Will Windows and MAC OS boot at the same time? Is there a choice of what to boot?
3. File Sharing; Can I take an image that I have brought in via iPhoto, edit it in Photoshop and send it back to the iPhoto library?
4. I understand that PS and DW are CPU hogs and not really memory. Is this true and should I take my 2gb of memory up to 4gb?
5..I have seen several comments about a Bootcamp portioned drive being better but no one has explained what that is. Can some one elaborate what that is and is that something done via the Parallels app and if not what is the difference between the Bootcamp partition and what Parallels does?
6.I will keep my online activities on the MAC side except for my ftp transfers for my sites. With this limitation and limited exposure do you think I need to install a virus protection on the windows side? Does loading Windows increase my exposure to viruses?
7.With Parallels, Can I shut down the Windows portion and have it apply all the resources back to the MAC os?
8.I have purchased but not opened Parallels 4.0. I see that 5.0 is out at the same price. Should I go with the new or stick with 4.0 which has been out for a while?
9.For those that say no to Parallels, should I just work with Bootcamp and a jump drive to move files back and forth?
10.Finally, with the specs below, how much space should I partition to carry the load?
*Specs for Parallel:*
Memory Requirements 1 GB of RAM (2 GB recommended to run Windows Vista). Support for any memory configuration (up to 16 GB), without modifying your host system.
Disk Space
Software Installation — 450 MB of available hard drive space for Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac installation (plus space to allocate to your virtual machine).
*Windows Ultimate Specs:* Not sure exactly how much space it eats up.
Min Processor Type: Intel x86 - 1 GHz
Min RAM Size: 1 GB
Min Hard Drive Space: 40 GB
*Adobe Master Collection Specs:*
2GB of RAM (more RAM recommended when running multiple components)
24.3GB of available hard-disk space for installation; additional free space required during installation (cannot install on flash-based storage devices)

Questions:
1. Boot Camp. Graphic/processor intensive apps should generally not be run in a virtual environment
2. It will startup in whatever OS you have chosen the computer to boot from
3. Yes
4. Yes..upgrade to 4GB
5. Running Windows through Boot Camp is no different than running it on any other PC...that's why it's better.
6. Of course. Windows is Windows no matter how or what it's installed on. It's still vulnerable to the same viruses.
7. Yes
8. See if you're entitled to free upgrade to Parallels 5
9. That's your call. Nobody can make that decision for you.
10. Depends on how big the hard drive is.

The bar icon for downloading that appears next to "trash" and the "bootcamp" icon are gone.   How do I get them back?

This format confuses me.   I intended to simply ask a question but then this discussion window opened up and my question appears as though it were a topic.
Can we ask a question without beginning a discussion?   Then I am chided for trying to post a "blank message".   I am only asking a question.   What is all this talk of messages anyway?
My question is:   The icon next to "trash" that shows downloading is gone. The bootcamp icon is also gone.   How do I get them both back.
Thanks

Welcome,
If you are refering to the Dock Icon which showed you your Downloads folder then open a Finder Window on your Home folder and drag the Downloads folder to the dock. It will create an Icon for the folder.
Not sure about the Bootcamp icon, don;t use it but if there is a Bootcamp folder the procedure should be the same.
regards
BTW Starting a discussion is the same as asking a question.

Question for ALL Bootcamp Pros....

Ok so i am currently on a PC (and have officially decided that I hate PCs) and I want to switch over to the New Macbook Pro-15". See I have a rather advanced question about the Bootcamp program (cause i understand it's basic premiss). I was wondering, is it possible to use a Thumb Drive (like a 60GB USB Drive... and yes I do have one) as my hard drive partition instead of actually partitioning my hard drive on my new Mac. The reason why I am asking this is because I use up a lot of hard drive space (quickly) and I don't want to have to worry about using up my New Mac's hard drive.
So yes, my question is: Can I set up Bootcamp to use a 60GB USB Drive as my hard drive partition for Windows XP on my Mac? In addition, if I were to do this would anyone know how I would go about doing it?
Thanks for the help!

Why do you need Bootcamp at all. I'm not a gamer, and if I were, I'd find Mac versions, or a new game
Parallels 4 will let you boot XP from any drive you choose to move the Virtual Drive folder to. You can even store multiple copies of XP or run XP and Vista at the same time, with MacOS. Get plenty of ram for this...
Backing up Windows becomes so simple. Zip the folder and copy the file to a backup drive. Hose up your XP? Just delete the folder and move an uncompressed copy back to the right location. XP just runs again. No mixed partition drive, and the problems people have when they screw up removing the Windows partition.
Exclude the XP folder from Time Machine, and when working with XP save documents to the 'Shared' folder that Parallels creates (that isn't excluded from Time Machine) for hourly backups of your files.
If you trash XP on a Bootcamp partition, you are stuck with the same format and reinstallation of everything that you are trying to leave.
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