HELP....macbook and bootcamp problems

[farqueue]

hey ppl, i installed windows SP1 with bootcamp and obviously it failed.... now i have a problem...

i used bootcamp mamanger to delete that partitiion. but now everytime i boot up my macbook, there is a picture of an earth flashing for about 30 seconds, before the apple logo comes up... boot time takes so much longer now.... someone plz help me rectify the problem!!!
thanks

 

[Shadow]

Well why did you try and install XP SP1 in the first place? You should have researched it and found out that only XP SP2 works.

 

[xfiftyfour]

the solution for everything messy: reformat.

 

[Shadow]

the solution for everything messy: reformat.

Tis indeed.

 

[farqueue]

awww,... no way... theres got to be something which can fix it.

 

[Abstract]

I can't think of any solution. You did mess with your HD by creating a partition and installing WinXP SP1.

"Itz jo fault."


Back your stuff up and reformat. I don't know if this will work or not, but maybe you can use Carbon Copy Cloner and make a clone of your OSX partition, reformat, and simple put everything back to the way it was.