I'm thinking about upgrading to leopard, but I'm not sure of a few things. I have boot camp installed right now, and want to re-partition my hard drive and erase everything from Windows. I presume I will have to erase everything from my Mac part also. If I erase everything, do I lose my applications that I've installed? Ilife 07 came with my Mac, and I don't plan on upgrading to 08. I don't think my Mac came with a separate disk for Ilife. Does this mean I will lose Ilife, or can I somehow retrieve it from my old Tiger disk? I am more worried about losing Ilife, but I also want to start a new partition for Windows. Thanks for all help.
2007-11-18 12:07:14 · 2 answers · asked by bestestsoccerdog 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Partitioning with the Apple utility will erase all data on the hard drive. There are a couple of third party utilities you can buy that will partition without erasing the drive (VolumeWorks and Drive Genius, for example -- links below).
Apple always ships iLife on its own CD. If you didn't get an iLife CD, it may have been lost or "retained" by the dealer that sold you your Mac. It is not on the Tiger DVD.
2007-11-19 03:19:16 · answer #1 · answered by SilverTonguedDevil 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There's a lot to be said about your various concerns, but the simple answer is that the Bootcamp setup utility has the option to erase and remove the Windows partition without damaging your Mac partition.
Also, as a side note, Leopard Disk Utility has the ability to non-destructively re/de-partition hard drives (something Tiger and earlier could not do).
2007-11-22 12:19:58 · answer #2 · answered by macman5151 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋