How to DELETE WIN XP Partition? ? Possible? Repair Permissions bug...

Apple store has a program that at the end of the day it restores the computer back to how it was fresh from the start, simply by rebooting. What program is that. That would be dope to have.
Anyway, how do you delete a WIN XP partition? I haven't installed windows yet, but just want to be sure that I can if I want to. Thanks.
PS> Has there been a fix to repair permissions taking so long bug?

The repair disk permissions in Leopard is not hanging or frozen, it just takes longer to finish repair disk permissions than in Tiger. Here's more info on this one:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=6593656&#6593656
As for the merging and partitioning HD, I'm not certain if Boot Camp can create 3 partitions. So far I've only created 2. You can use the Disk Utility to create and merge multiple partitions but that will also erase the contents of the drive as well.

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Repairing permissions frequently - daily

Can anyone shed light on this puzzle?: I have to repair permissions at least 2 or 3 times every day. I generally run only Mail 2.1.3, Safari 3.1.2, Filemaker Pro 5.5v2, Quickeys 3.2.3, and a small number of always-on gadgets (Sidenote, TypeIt4Me, Alarm Clock 2, NetBarrier - all current versions). I'm almost always running Safari and I do go through lots of tabs in a session (a minimum of about 500 each day), but I close excess tabs regularly (wish Safari would do that automatically!), and I relaunch Safari several times each day.
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If you were having any serious problems with your Mac you might as well complete the exercise by repairing your hard disk as well. You cannot do this from the same start-up disk. Reboot from your install disk (holding down the C key). Once it opens, select your language, and then go to Disk Utility from the Utilities menu. Select your hard disk as before and click Repair.
Once that is complete reboot again from your usual start-up disk.
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Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1417
Then try this:
(First, if yours is an Intel Mac, check that Safari is not running in Rosetta, which is enough to slow it to a crawl.)
Many, including me, have had success with adding DNS codes to their Network Settings, with good results in terms of speed-up:
Open System Preferences/Network. Double click on your connection type, or select it in the drop-down menu. Click on TCP/IP and in the box marked 'DNS Servers' enter the following two numbers:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Click on Apply Now and close the window.
Restart Safari, and repair permissions.
If that didn't do it, then try this as well:
Empty Safari's cache (from the Safari menu), then close Safari.
Go to Home/Library/Safari and delete the following files:
form values
download.plist
Then go to Home/Library/Preferences and delete
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ACL found by repair permissions

OK, here is what we have. Macbook 1 died. Macbook 1 was on Time Machine. Did a restore from Time Machine to MacBook 2. Every since then, when I repair permissions the following comes up:
Repairing permissions for “Macintosh HD”
ACL found but not expected on "private/etc/apache2/users".
Repaired "private/etc/apache2/users".
ACL found but not expected on "Library/Preferences/Audio".
Repaired "Library/Preferences/Audio".
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Repaired "private/var/db/launchd.db/com.apple.launchd".
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My question is: How do I remove the ACL?
Repair permissions, Disk Warrior, TechTools Pro do not repair.
I would imagine that some place in the "man" pages this information could be found, but I sure cannot find it.
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First of all, I should point out that I think I understand that these messages are OK to ignore.
Second, I ran your/Kappy's Terminal command suggestion and now the message I should ignore and gone. (yippie) Many thanks to the Florida contingent.
My point is, why should you keep getting the same message, over and over if you should ignore them? If we should ignore them, stop showing them to us. It drives some of us crazy. And for some of us, it's a very short drive.
If you shouldn't really ignore the messages, then either actually do something to address them, or tell us what to do. Which hopefully for most it's not running Terminal commands.
The other thing is, Disk Utility does say it repaired something.
Repaired "private/etc/apache2/users".
Did it really repair something?
If so, why does it constantly repair the same reported issue, over and over?
It appears as if it didn't really repair something.
I'm not trying to be a pain on this issue. lt's just that it seems this is how Disk Utility has worked for some time. I've always wondered why someone at Apple doesn't do something about it.
It's like the old joke, "Doctor it hurts when I do this."
Doctor, "Dont' do that."
Either way, thanks.

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