How to remove my HD partition.

[MacSurge]

Ok lol, I thought I wanted to use Windows on my Mac, but half way through I decided I didn't want to. So, I downloaded bootcamp, partitioned my hard drive by 5gb, but I want those 5gb back. How can I get those 5 gb back. I really want it back My mac is brand new, and I was just messin around with it. Well, any help would be greatly appreciated. I sure do hope this is fixable...


FYI I don't really want to restore my whole computer.


- Regards

 

[iBookG4user]

Have you tried opening boot camp assistant and getting rid of the partition from there?

 

[MacSurge]

Have you tried opening boot camp assistant and getting rid of the partition from there?

No i deleted it because I didnt want it on my HD anymore..

 

[iBookG4user]

No i deleted it because I didnt want it on my HD anymore..

You might want to try redownloading it and using it to get rid of the extra partition

 

[MacSurge]

You might want to try redownloading it and using it to get rid of the extra partition

Is there any other way of getting rid of it?

 

[MacSurge]

Is there any other way of getting rid of it?

Ok I installed it again.. Now how do i unistall the partition

 

[MacSurge]

Ok I installed it again.. Now how do i unistall the partition

Also keep in mind that i didnt alctuly install windows... I just partitioned the disk and quit because I realized i didn't want windows after all.

 

[MacSurge]

Also keep in mind that i didnt alctuly install windows... I just partitioned the disk and quit because I realized i didn't want windows after all.

Any help please?!?

 

[Rob500]

https://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=3970788#post3970788

Did you print off and read the "Boot Camp Setup and installation Guide"?
Starting on page 22.
Hope that helps

 

[MacSurge]

I still can't get it off. I have to get it off ASAP because it's causing my comp to crash and slow down.


Can someone please help me.

I want to completely remove the partition without restoring my whole sysytem!

Best Regards

 

[M@lew]

So you installed it and can't get rid of it using Boot Camp assistant?

 

[bennyboi]

Disk Utility

What would happen if he just went into Apple's Disk Utility and deleted it? Would it just add the space back to the hd, almost like deleting a folder?

 

[panzer06]

What would happen if he just went into Apple's Disk Utility and deleted it? Would it just add the space back to the hd, almost like deleting a folder?

No, that would not do it. You would end up destroying the OS X partition, since you cannot make any non-destructive changes in disk utility partition utility.

If you are using the boot camp, there is an option called restorehard disk to a single partition. That should do it.

If not, you can create a bootable clone using superduper on an external drive which has been partitioned with the GUID partition table option.

(Note: I also create a separate sparseimage of the original system as the master restore file but it is not neccessary)

Once you've successfully booted from the external drive by holding the option key down during the boot process and selecting the appropriate FW or USB bootable disk, you can re-partition the internal disk to a single partition and use superduper to move the data back.

Cheers,