Remove Windows from MacBook Pro

Hello,
I have Windows 7 on a Boot Camp partition on my MacBook Pro. However, I find that I don't need it anymore, as everything I use now is Mac compatible. My question is: When I remove the Windows partition and restore my hard drive to just OS X, is it a good idea to backup my Mac data and reformat/reinstall OS X as well?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
macdiscuss

macdiscuss wrote:
Hello,
I have Windows 7 on a Boot Camp partition on my MacBook Pro. However, I find that I don't need it anymore, as everything I use now is Mac compatible. My question is: When I remove the Windows partition and restore my hard drive to just OS X, is it a good idea to backup my Mac data and reformat/reinstall OS X as well?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
macdiscuss
Use Boot Camp Assistant to remove Windows. It will not impact your OSx partition except to restore the hard drive to a single partition. But, it is always a good idea to backup your data whenever you do anything to a hard drive. Things unexpectedly happen and when they do you'll be glad you have a backup.

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