Windows partition erase

Hi every one , I made a partition on my harddisk to use windows on it and now i realese its the stupidest thing i have ever done since i bought my macbook. now i am trying to erase windows and use the 10 GB but i have no idea how , i have erased bootcamp and bootcamp assistance by mistake i guess and now i am lost . i tried the disk utility but i am not really sure how to do through there
can any please help me to remove this and use the space for a better use ???

You can use a utility (that is buy) such as DriveGenius
http://www.prosofteng.com/products/drive_genius.php?PHPSESSID=fbd61ecc44c592bfc8 a5f2623e789bda
to repartition your HD on-the-fly. (I'd suggest backing up important data befoer trying to repartition) It's not cheap, but it does some other functions as well, so depending on your needs, it may be a good investment.
It may be possible to google around and find a way to repartition your HD via Terminal - just be really careful.

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Dear all,
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Nothing.
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Hi,
Time Machine does not touch your BootCamp Windows.
It simply said ignores it completely.
Nonetheless, I am curious as to why you wanna restore a Time Machine backup.
Usually during partitioning with the BootCamp Assistant in OSX to make the Windows partition your OSX stays intact.
Regards
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Hi, Ralph,
The problem is that I did erase the partition, using disk utility, but I can't go back to my original disk size pre-partition, as disk utility won't let me do it and gives the message "Couldn’t modify partition map because file system verification failed." When I try to use Boot Camp Assistant it won't let me select the third option to remove windows.

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I am a frequent Windows user due to the fact that the software I frequently used is Windows-based. Ive been using boot camp since last summer and since then have had to reformat and reinstall windows twice due to malware/spyware taking over my computer. Ive again suffered from some serious malware issues lately that have just absolutely raped the Windows registry. It got bad enough that my school has recently contacted me to inform me of some hackers that they detected accessing my computer while I was connected to their wireless network. As a result, the only way to eliminate these threats is by reinstalling everything all over again. Its a complete hassle, but its the only way around it unfortunately.
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P.S. I know this isnt the place but if anyone has any good suggestions on how to keep Windows secure and free of attackers any advice is greatly appreciated!

I've experimented some with "what to install when" but I use Vista 64-bit which out of the box is at least somewhat more secure.
Questions I asked myself, install Apple Boot Camp 2.x first, early on, as soon as possible to get HAL support and other things?
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SuperAntiSpywear - just bought it to put on my Windows 7 system, about the only such program that works without BSOD or interfering with W7 (Kaspersky, Norton, both beta editions, still have trouble).
Use your router's firewall to harden and lock down your system from 'knocks' on the door, remote login, inbound AND outbound services and to close your ports.
XP SP3 should be more secure out of the box but I've never used it.
http://www.superantispyware.com/
http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2007.01.securitywatch.aspx
http://www.mvps.org/winhelp2002/hosts.htm
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-programs-to-keep-your-computer-secure/
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http://antivirus.about.com/od/antivirussoftwarereviews/a/nortonantibot.htm
http://www.pctipsbox.com/windows-7-betartm-official-security-solutions/
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I checked out Data Rescue 3, but it won't let me recover to my mac partition because it is on the same drive... Besides I doubt it would work because I formatted it as NTFS....
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enn wrote:
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Good Morning,
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Nope, still not making sense.
First of all..
(although i have been told by apple that you can partition time capsule)
Where did you hear this, a Genius or AppleCare advisor? Because I suspect there is some communication here. You CAN NOT partition a TC.... well... at least not officialy (not going to say any more on that). However, what you CAN DO, is partition an ext drive, and the use Time Machine to backup to one of the partitions on that EXT drive.
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Ok. I'm in the club with the same problem...
Strange things:
* For the first days after Leopard's install, my BootCamp disk0s3 partition (I'll name it "BillGates") was mounted correctly. Then, after a few days (but BEFORE upgrading to 10.5.1), it disappeared.
* If I launch DiskUtility "BillGates" is shown, but (in the right device navigation bar) it's named "-n BillGates". If I click the Erase menu, it's named "-nBillGates" (without the space between "-n" and "BillGates"). If I launch SystemProfiler it's named "-n BillGates", but the mount point is "/Volumes/billgates". Can't understand where this "-n" thing is coming from!
* If I try to mount "-n BillGates" from DiskUtility it doesn't work and the log says "Mount of -n BillGates failed".
* In the FSTAB there were no instructions: it was empty.
Now, I tried the MacFUSE-solution: no results (meaning BillGates was not mounted on startup).
I tried the modify-the-FSTAB-solution: no results (with "BillGates", "-n BillGates" nor "-nBillGates".
I tried the chkdsk-solution: all tests were ok, but nothing happened.
The only trick that worked was mounting the partition with Terminal's commands (thanks rtracy!!). It made appear "BillGates" on the desktop (without the "-n thing", that is still present in DiskUtility).
Problem is at the first reboot, the Boot Camp partition disappears again. Any ideas for a permanent fix?!
Giangiacomo.
ADDENDUM: I've tried to move a file from desktop to an unlocked folder in BillGates and System did not copy them. "The item could not be moved because "BillGates" cannot be modified" !!!!!!!!
Message was edited by: Giangiacomo Castelfranchi1

IPod and Windows Partition

Hello,
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Last edited by Gen2ly (2010-03-01 07:53:36)

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Unexpected clusters per mft record (-1).
Failed to startup volume: Invalid argument
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No log
Choose Disk > Proceed
Intel
Advanced
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Edit:
Found out more, take a look at this post:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=92233
Last edited by Gen2ly (2010-03-01 07:54:23)

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