How do I remove Boot Camp and go back to a single partition?

I originally used boot camp but recently installed Parallell. I didn't realize all my windows info was still in a separate drive. I am now just using Parallells but the boot camp is still out there. How can I remove those items and go back to the one partition
Thanks

Hi,
if your specs are uptodate and you are using OSX 10.4 Tiger, use these instructions: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1309?viewlocale=en_US
For OSX 10.5 Leopard use these: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.5/en/15554.html
Regards
Stefan

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