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How to delete Boot camp?

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Jamesl94

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


James
 
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
 
Jamesl94 said:
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
Click to expand...

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

Follow the directions from there.
 
r.j.s said:
Go to Applications > Utilities > Boot Camp Assistant ...

Follow the directions from there.
Click to expand...


Hi,

cheers for that.

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


Silly me.😱😱😱
 
Jamesl94 said:
Hi,

cheers for that.

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


Silly me.😱😱😱
Click to expand...

You really need to stop randomly deleting things ... you will get into trouble that is not easily repairable.
 
r.j.s said:
You really need to stop randomly deleting things ... you will get into trouble that is not easily repairable.
Click to expand...


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
 
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
 
VTECaddict said:
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
Click to expand...

Are both those methods non-destructive to the main partition?
 
r.j.s said:
Are both those methods non-destructive to the main partition?
Click to expand...
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.
 
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.
 
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