Hello Simon, I think you are mixing up with parallels. See this link:
https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/reinstall-osx-do-i-need-to-backup-my-bootcamp-partition.452129/ Bootcamp creates a partition and if you choose to install Mac OS on bootcamp you will destroy your Windows partition. But if you make the choice to install on Macintosh HD the Bootcamp partition is not touched. > On 14 May 2019, at 09:06, Simon Fogarty <si...@blinky-net.com> wrote: > > Yes most likely you wont have a bootcamp left as it's only a service within > the mac OS > > -----Original Message----- > From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> On > Behalf Of Matt > Sent: Tuesday, 14 May 2019 2:48 AM > To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com > Subject: reinstalling mac OS? > > Hi folks. > > Was doing some thinking. > > If I erase the drive and reinstall the OS, will it mes up the bootcamp side? > > Then after I've reinstalled the OS, then decide I want to erase the bootcamp > side with bootcamp will that work? > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/4290ad02-913a-f053-fae1-88e0c152425f%40gmail.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: > mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/SY2PR01MB2987F6CA8EBED0E7F01B9A318A080%40SY2PR01MB2987.ausprd01.prod.outlook.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. Gena Call: M0EBP DMR ID: 2346259 Loc: IO83PS 73 -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: mk...@ucla.edu and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/macvisionaries/21888A2C-3643-45AE-A8A7-8A3317476DC7%40gena-j.me.uk. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
