Hello, I think you are really asking about partition management. If when installing Mac OS and you choose the right partition then you will not mess up your bootcamp partition. Bootcamp utility may have some record of the bootcamp partition removed after a reinstall of MacOS but I think it will manage to detect and allow you to remove the bootcamp partition should you wish. If not, it is easy to remove manually. The bootcamp utility is a simple utility to manage partitioning and formatting in respect of the removal of a bootcamp partition that can be done manually. It is not easy to manually install a bootcamp partition i.e. the other way around but you didn’t ask about that.
A belt and braises approach would be to remove the Bootcamp partition. Then reinstall MacOS. Then reinstall Windows. It is only my personal view but such an approach is overkill. I would not hesitate to reinstall MacOS and keep my bootcamp and Windows install. It does not have to be sacrificed. But if it did it would be easy to rebuild the system as desired. Of course, ensure that you have several backups of each system. You can backup files and or make images of each partition. Ensure you know and understand the names of the partitions on your disk, typically Macintosh HD containing Mac OS and Bootcamp containing Windows. Incidentally reinstallation should only be necessary to achieve updated OS. If for some other reason it is important to understand why such a step is necessary. Otherwise, operator mistakes will continue and nothing is learnt. HTH Gena > On 13 May 2019, at 15:47, Matt <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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: > [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > [email protected] > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > --- 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 [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > 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. 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: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- 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 [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. 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/F78AE64C-1E58-4C60-9C61-4ED292BC6108%40gena-j.me.uk. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
