Cannot Remove Bootcamp! I erased it first :(

[Saladsamurai]

Ok, so I thought I was a know it all and thought I could remove my Windows partition without reading the instructions. Typically one would do the following:

1.In Mac OS X, quit all open applications and log out any other users on your computer.

2. Open Boot Camp Assistant, in the Utilities folder in the Applications folder.

3. Select “Restore the startup disk to a single volume,” and then click Continue.

....

However, I messed it up. Instead of going through Bootcamp assistant, I went through Disk Utility and "erased" the Bootcamp volume. Now I am not sure where I at? I erased it, but you can still see the Bootcamp volume listed.

And now when O try to use Bootcamp assistant to remove the partition I get the following:

The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.

The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS extended (journaled) volume or already partitioned by boot camp assistant for installing windows.

Any ideas? I want to reinstall a Windows, but want to start fresh.

 

[alust2013]

When in disk utility, click on the drive itself, and go into the partition tab, you should be able to restore it to a single partition from there.

 

[QuarterSwede]

I hope that works for you because when I tried that I had to reformat the entire drive and start from scratch.

 

[balamw]

When in disk utility, click on the drive itself, and go into the partition tab, you should be able to restore it to a single partition from there.

Careful with that. Selecting single partition from here will likely give you a fresh new empty single partition.

Here's a guide to using Disk Utility http://macs.about.com/od/applications/ss/diskutilitysize.htm

FWIW Erase just reformats the partition, which is what you did.

What you want to do is delete the BOOTCAMP partition (with the minus sign under the partition table) and then resize the OS X partition to fill the empty space by dragging the lower right corner.

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[Saladsamurai]

Hey folks,

Yeah, I solved this by:

1. Going to Disk Utility and highlighting my hard drive (highest in hierarchy on left pane).

2. Repair the disk

3. With the Hard drive highlighted Click partition tab

4. In the right pane, select the old Bootcamp partition and click " - " to remove

5. Now drag out the partition separator line so that it stretches out over entire drive

6. Click APPLY

7. Quit Installer and select reboot from hard disk option

8. Be happy