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Old December 27th, 2007, 11:18 AM
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How much is my osx partition protected

Can i use an old recovery disk to install vista? the disk will format then install

is this only formatting the partition or the whole disk?

Does bootcamp protect my osx partition?
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Can i use an old recovery disk to install vista? the disk will format then install?
Must be a VISTA install retail disk.


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s this only formatting the partition or the whole disk?
Partition or whole secondary disks, your choice.

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Does bootcamp protect my osx partition?

Windows can NOT natively read OS X HFS+ hard disks. To make Windows SEE OS X HFS+ disk read HOWTO] Make Windows see HFS+ formatted drives.
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