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Mac Running Slow after failed XP install
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Aug 12, 2006, 07:36 AM
 
Hi guys

1st post on here so sorry if this might have been mentoned before!

After installing bootcamp, and encountering loads of errors while trying to install XP. My Mac wouldnt boot into MacOSX. So i did a PRam reset (i think thats what its called) and eventually managed to get OSX to boot (after a few boots of just getting a lovely stripy pattern).

However it seems a bit sluglish now, especially in finder, viewing applications takes a while to load.

Any ideas would be appreciated, i dont wana have to reinstall OSX@

Thanks
Richard

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Aug 12, 2006, 08:51 AM
 
Somehow your partitioning got goobered and that's what hosed (sorry about the technical terms) your XP installation. Use Disk Utility to delete the XP partition and see if that doesn't smooth things out for you.
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Aug 12, 2006, 11:20 AM
 
Thanks for your reply.

I have restored the partition so its back to normal, maybe ill just reinstall OSX
BTW how much space should OSX take up?.. when i got my macbook 18GB was already!

Thanks for your help
     
   
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