Stuck with partitions after trying to put vista home basic

I tried to put vista home basic on my macbook pro and it didnt go so I pulled it and wnet to try and redo the whole thing with my startup disc for os5 and now I have the partition still on there and cant seem to get the disc back to single and bootcamp wont let me on it with the partitions. Any help? I have already set an appointment at the genius bar in baton rouge for thursday. Thanks in advance.

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