Boot camp woes

[csavoy1]

Hello everyone. I am a new member to this forum, so just wanted to say hi.

But on to my problem. If anyone can help me out it would be greatly appreciated. I have a Intel MacBook running OSX 10.5.7, and just recently i have used rEfit to have the option to dual boot from OSX and Linux. But now, due to college requirements i need this macbook to run Windows. I have the legal copy of Windows, and i tried opening up bootcamp to see if i could delete the linux partition on the HD. It refused to be of any use. So now i am stuck and have no idea what my next step should be.

I am usually pretty computer savvy so complex instructions shouldn't be a problem for me. Thanks in advance to any who reply

BTW if it helps any here is the output after i run Partition Inspector


*** Report for internal hard disk ***

Current GPT partition table:
# Start LBA End LBA Type
1 40 409639 EFI System (FAT)
2 409640 318914599 Mac OS X HFS+
3 318914600 474701709 Basic Data
4 481408741 488397134 Linux Swap
5 474701710 481408740 Linux Swap

Current MBR partition table:
# A Start LBA End LBA Type
1 1 409639 ee EFI Protective
2 409640 318914599 af Mac OS X HFS+
3 * 318914600 474701709 83 Linux
4 481408741 488397134 82 Linux swap / Solaris

MBR contents:
Boot Code: Unknown, but bootable

Partition at LBA 40:
Boot Code: None (Non-system disk message)
File System: FAT32
Listed in GPT as partition 1, type EFI System (FAT)

Partition at LBA 409640:
Boot Code: None
File System: HFS Extended (HFS+)
Listed in GPT as partition 2, type Mac OS X HFS+
Listed in MBR as partition 2, type af Mac OS X HFS+

Partition at LBA 318914600:
Boot Code: GRUB
File System: ext3
Listed in GPT as partition 3, type Basic Data
Listed in MBR as partition 3, type 83 Linux, active

Partition at LBA 481408741:
Boot Code: None
File System: Unknown
Listed in GPT as partition 4, type Linux Swap
Listed in MBR as partition 4, type 82 Linux swap / Solaris

Partition at LBA 474701710:
Boot Code: None
File System: Unknown
Listed in GPT as partition 5, type Linux Swap

[mohaas05]

Have you tried deleting the partition through Disk Utility?

[csavoy1]

Yes. Nothing happens, it just gets stuck at "Preparing to delete volume". Also, i have just tried booting from windows cd and maybe using windows installer to delete Linux partition and install in its place, but it wont even boot the windows cd. Im confused.

Thanks for fast reply.

[mohaas05]

Maybe try doing it from the OS X install CD?

[mohaas05]

Was that really necessary?

Also, Mac OS X is UNIX, so your fruity little analogy is irrelevant.