Recover free space? :/

Curtis 92 · Nov 25, 2009, 08:15 PM

I have this blank space on my hard drive and i want to know how i can recover this space on my Main HD, can anybody help me out?

oculus42 · Nov 25, 2009, 08:38 PM

Format the free space. It'll show up as a second partition. I don't think you can expand the first partition because the free space is before it, so the starting location of the partition would change (a no-no for live partition resize).

Alternately, backup to Time Machine, format, and choose the Time Machine option when re-installing the OS.

Probably not the answer for which you were hoping.

Bill Gates · Nov 25, 2009, 08:42 PM

What caused it to be like that in the first place? I think that's the key to fixing it.

Nov 25, 2009, 08:15 PM	#1
Curtis 92 macrumors newbie Join Date: Jun 2009	Recover free space? :/ I have this blank space on my hard drive and i want to know how i can recover this space on my Main HD, can anybody help me out? __________________ 13" White MacBook, 2.0 Ghz, 2GB RAM, 120GB HD, Mac OS X Leopard, Mac OS X Snow Leopard ; iPhone 3G 8GB 

Nov 25, 2009, 08:38 PM	#2
oculus42 macrumors 6502 Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maine	Format the free space. It'll show up as a second partition. I don't think you can expand the first partition because the free space is before it, so the starting location of the partition would change (a no-no for live partition resize). Alternately, backup to Time Machine, format, and choose the Time Machine option when re-installing the OS. Probably not the answer for which you were hoping. __________________ 15" Aluminum MacBook Pro 2.4 GHz, 4 GB RAM, 160 GB HD; 16 GB iPod Touch (2nd Gen); Mac user since 1992.

Nov 25, 2009, 08:42 PM	#3
Bill Gates macrumors 68000 Join Date: Jun 2006	What caused it to be like that in the first place? I think that's the key to fixing it. __________________ 15" MacBook Pro 5,1 / 2.66GHz / 4GB / 500GB SOLD 15" Toshiba CrapBook Min 1.4GHz / 512MB / 40GB TEMPORARY until the new notebooks are launched

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