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Using Boot Camp Assistant to Partition Your Hard Drive

By Tom Nelson, About.com

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Select a Hard Drive to Partition

After you select the option to create or remove a Windows partition, Boot Camp Assistant will display a list of the hard drives installed in your computer. For many individuals, this will be a short list, limited to the drive that came with the Mac. Whether you have one hard drive or several, select a drive to partition.

Select a Hard Drive to Partition for Windows

  1. Click the icon for the hard drive that will be the new home for Windows.

  2. Select the ‘Create a second partition for Windows’ option.

  3. Click the 'Continue' button.

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