Hey everyone, I have a quick question. I tried to install Windows 7 via Bootcamp on my MacBook, and it was working fine untill it restarted my computer. It booted into my OS X partition and I had a HD labeled "Untitled" on my desktop (it was the partitioned part of my hard drive.) After a while, I got it to boot into Windows, and I have it installed on my Mac with no problems, exept for one: I still have the HD labeled "Untitled" on my desktop (it now contains all of the Windows files.) I just wanted to know if this is normal, or if there's something wrong with mine. If there is, does anyone know how to fix it? Thanks in advance!
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Bootcamp partiton on Desktop?
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Well, as long as you can boot into Windows with no problems, there's nothing wrong. And if you want to rename it, secondary-click> Get Info> and type in Windows 7. 
Ok, is there any way I can move it from my desktop or hide it from showing until I would need it?
The partition itself? Not that I'm aware of. The best you could do is go to the Finder menu -> Preferences -> click the General tab at the top and uncheck Hard Disks, but then that would remove your OS X disk icon as well.
It that case, you can add an alias to your Mac HD or Home folder to the desktop.
Yes, you can re-name the drive in Windows with a dot "." before the name you choose. For example, mine is named ".brain" without the quotes, and it effectively hides the drive from showing up on my OSX desktop.
If you ever want the drive to show up again, just remove the dot. Pretty simple.
Don't rename it, just eject it to the trash! you can write a script (or automator app) that will run at the boot and will eject it, remount it with disk utilities when needed.
Thanks! I just cleaned my desktop and now it really doesn't bother me to have it on the desktop (since it's so much cleaner.) But there is two more problems I've been having: 1. When I go into Windows on my MacBook, it makes the keyboard light up, even though I have it turned off in System Preferences. 2. Is there any way to right-click with the trackpad in Windows? I know you can't use the gestures, so I guess there would be no way, but I figured I might as well ask.
If you installed the bootcamp drivers in Windows you should be able to use the gestures. I have windows 7 on my macbook pro and I can do the two-finger click at as well as use the backlight keyboard, screen brightness and volume controls; even the little white box that shows you the levels for these functions comes up in Windows too. Just pop in your OSX disc while in windows and it should prompt to install the bootcamp software/drivers.