Having a hard time installing Windows

Hi
I'm trying to install Windows but I can't understand a few things:
1. In order to do the partitioning part, I would like to know how much free space there is on my memory. Is this something that happens automatically, or am I supposed to decide anything about it? And how can I check the whole memory thing?
2. I know the instructions say I should backup my computer, but I don't have anything besides DVDs and I can't find a way to format them. How do I do this?
3. Is it really necessary to backup my computer? Is there a big chance of anything getting deleted?

dafnagold wrote:
Hi
I'm trying to install Windows but I can't understand a few things:
1. In order to do the partitioning part, I would like to know how much free space there is on my memory. Is this something that happens automatically, or am I supposed to decide anything about it? And how can I check the whole memory thing?
2. I know the instructions say I should backup my computer, but I don't have anything besides DVDs and I can't find a way to format them. How do I do this?
3. Is it really necessary to backup my computer? Is there a big chance of anything getting deleted?
It is not "necessary" to back up your hard drive but it would be unwise not to do so. Partitioning a hard drive is a major event and anything can go wrong. Read the other posts in this forum.
Yes it is necessary during the partitioning to say how much room to allocate to the Boot Camp partition. Read the instructions. Allocate double, or more, what is recommended for your version of Windows, unless you don't want to create/use any data, install programs, or perform updates.
After performing a backup, follow the installation instructions here: http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

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