Partition Size Question

Hi all!
New here, and I just need some clarification on something. I'm thinking of reformatting my Macbook Pro and installing Windows 7 on it once I get a copy. Ideally I would like my entire hard drive to be Windows. Is this possible or do I need to allocate some space for OSX? If it's not possible through Boot Camp is there some other software I could use or something?
Thanks in advance

I have not tried it, but I don't think you can do it at least with Apple software alone. Having a small OS X partition shouldn't be too bothersome. But, [see this thread|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2273104&tstart=0].

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