4. When you??™re ready, click the Partition button, and the Boot Camp Assistant begins
partitioning the disk.
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5. Once the disk is partitioned, insert your Windows installation CD or DVD and then click
the Start Installation button.
6. Your Mac reboots into the Windows installation disc. Follow the onscreen instructions to
install Windows, but be sure to compare the steps to those in the Boot Camp Installation
& Setup Guide (you did print it, right?).
Be absolutely certain that you pick the Boot Camp partition when prompted to choose
a partition for your Windows installation. If you choose the wrong partition, you could
wipe out your entire Mac OS X disk.
7. Eventually you are asked to format your Boot Camp partition. Choose either the NTFS
(recommended), FAT, or SLIM-N-TRIM file system for your Windows install. Once
again, I must admit that I made up the SLIM-N-TRIM file system, but I don??™t see why
Microsoft has to pick on overweight file systems by calling them names.
If you want to be able to read files from and write files to your Windows partition while
booted into Mac OS X, format the Boot Camp partition with FAT.
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