HELP i cant remove my boot camp partition

i recently installed windows via boot camp and i decided that i dont want it when i try to delete it via disk utility it wouldnt allow me and said that it is unmodifiable

In Mac OS X, go to Boot Camp Assistant (applications, utilities) and run it again. Instead of installng again, it will give you an option to remove the partition.
Jonathan
MBP 13, 2.3 GHz, 8 GB, 500 GB

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I ran the assistant and did the restore. Now when my computer turns on I have to hold the option key to get to the mac log in. There isn't the windows boot up option any more. However it wont just boot up to Mac. Any ideas?
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you sold me all the bits, what's the answer please?
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Click +Help & Terms of Use+ at the right of this page for details.
I'd email Support but there's no email Support offered and I can hardly phone USA from Australia trying to get an answer to this.
Click +Contact Us+ at the bottom of the page to find numbers in Australia.
Maybe a Genius in my local retail Apple store can help?
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