Did Boot Camp, XP works great, question about OSX use now

Part of Boot Camp is you make a partition in your HD for Windows. I did this and now when I boot OSX there's a 2nd HD on my desktop title "Untitled" for XP. Will this secondary HD always appear when I run OSX? I find it very annoying on my desktop. If I can't get rid of it is there at least anyway I can rename it without reformatting it?
Thanks,
Jacob

you can rename it. boot to windows, right-click on "Local Disk" under "My Computer" and rename it there. when you boot back to Mac, it will have the new name.
You can't remove it from your Mac side though - it is a volume just like any other and will show up. my only suggestion would be to go to finder preferences and de-select "show hard disks on desktop"
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After upgrading to Lion can't get Boot Camp to work! Just get "The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition". Anytone?

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PS You're right, I certainly can't complain about the equipment I get to play with. I've had to fork out quite a bit of money for the privilege but it's all been worth it.

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I'm trying to get windows 7 ultimate 64 on my mac book pro. However every time I try and run bootcamp it tells me I need to update, when I update it says everything is all good....
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Sry m8 but I've checked that way before I wrote my solution.
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Apple does not respond in these forums except occasionally an Apple employee will stop by. If you want to contact Apple, use the contact us link at the bottom of this page.
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"Unless otherwise noted, do not add Submissions about nontechnical topics, including:
Speculations or rumors about unannounced products."
The planned dates of production or release of Windows 8.1 drivers are speculation about the drivers.
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