How to delete Boot camp?

[Jamesl94]

Hi guys, think this may be in the wrong section. Sorry if it is.

I have a couple of questions,


I installed Bootcamp on my mac, I installed it, it used 32gb of the HD and I was stupid and thought deleting the icon in finder would sort it, but it didn't and now I dont know how to get it off my system so i can have my 32gb back!

Also, the HD for my mac is 160gb, I know they install printer drivers and such so it sucks it down before you even use it, but is there anything that I really dont need?




Cheers,

James

 

[Tallest Skil]

1. SEARCH.
2. Go back to Boot Camp and follow the directions.

 

[r.j.s]

Run the Boot Camp Assistant again, it will give the option to merge the partition.

 

[Jamesl94]

I know this sounds a little dumb, but could someone walk me through step by step please?


James

 

[Jamesl94]

I went:
Finder > Applications > Disk Utility > BOOTCAMP > Mount > Erase.


Does anyone know if that will be it then or will I need to do something else to get my 32gb back?



James

 

[r.j.s]

I went:
Finder > Applications > Disk Utility > BOOTCAMP > Mount > Erase.


Does anyone know if that will be it then or will I need to do something else to get my 32gb back?



James

Go to Applications > Utilities > Boot Camp Assistant ...

Follow the directions from there.

 

[Jamesl94]

Go to Applications > Utilities > Boot Camp Assistant ...

Follow the directions from there.

Hi,

cheers for that.

Although, I have deleted the bootcamp bit from the utilities but thinking it would delete it.


Silly me.

 

[r.j.s]

Hi,

cheers for that.

Although, I have deleted the bootcamp bit from the utilities but thinking it would delete it.


Silly me.

You really need to stop randomly deleting things ... you will get into trouble that is not easily repairable.

 

[Jamesl94]

You really need to stop randomly deleting things ... you will get into trouble that is not easily repairable.

I know I should.

I wont do it again, promise.


Hmm. But is there any way to get that memory back?



cheers for your help.


James

 

[HLdan]

The hard drive space restores when you remove the partition. Did it not?

 

[Jamesl94]

The hard drive space restores when you remove the partition. Did it not?

Nope

 

[r.j.s]

Post a screenshot of Disk Utility ... Command-Shift-4 then space and select the window.

 

[VTECaddict]

1) open Disk Utility
2) click on hard drive on the sidebar. the actual drive, not the partitions that say "Macintosh HD" or "BOOTCAMP" or whatever you named them. for example mine says "298.1 GB Hitachi....."
3) select Partition tab
4a) in the "Volume Scheme" box, select "1 Partition"
-OR-
4b) click on your boot camp partition, then click the "-" button to delete it. then click on the bottom right corner of the Macintosh HD partition and drag it down to fill the entire space
5) click Apply

 

[r.j.s]

1) open Disk Utility
2) click on hard drive on the sidebar. the actual drive, not the partitions that say "Macintosh HD" or "BOOTCAMP" or whatever you named them. for example mine says "298.1 GB Hitachi....."
3) select Partition tab
4a) in the "Volume Scheme" box, select "1 Partition"
-OR-
4b) click on your boot camp partition, then click the "-" button to delete it. then click on the bottom right corner of the Macintosh HD partition and drag it down to fill the entire space
5) click Apply

Are both those methods non-destructive to the main partition?

 

[Jamesl94]

I still cant find these things that you are giving me guys.


Thanks,

James

 

[allan.nyholm]

I have uploaded Boot Camp Assistant here(straight from my Leopard installation): http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=33014b82eb766f18d2db6fb9a8902bda

I hope it will help you in removing your Boot Camp partition properly.

if the above link does not work try this one http://www.mediafire.com/?aq2lwd3mxtn

 

[VTECaddict]

Are both those methods non-destructive to the main partition?

it should be. but OS X isnt going to let you erase the partition that its running on, so if for some reason it cant do it non-destructively then it will just error out and not do anything.

 

[bradenwh]

It's honestly not that hard if you don't go into Disk Utility and begin erasing things.

You should've use Boot Camp Assistant. It's sort of the right way to do it.

 

[Jamesl94]

I have uploaded Boot Camp Assistant here(straight from my Leopard installation): http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=33014b82eb766f18d2db6fb9a8902bda

I hope it will help you in removing your Boot Camp partition properly.

if the above link does not work try this one http://www.mediafire.com/?aq2lwd3mxtn

Thanks for that, all sorted


Everyone who helped me gets a beer.