Linux ****ed up my macbook air

[SanderDeclerck]

Hi,

I had to install linux on my macbook air for school *sigh* and now I tried to remove it, I tried to remove all the linux partitions, but somehow, I can't remove disk0s3, which is linux swap. I don't get any errors when I want to remove the partition, but it just doesn't disappear... How can I get rid of this partition? Also, my recovery partition seems to be gone, is there a way to fix that?

Thanks!

 

[S.B.G]

Hi,

I had to install linux on my macbook air for school *sigh* and now I tried to remove it, I tried to remove all the linux partitions, but somehow, I can't remove disk0s3, which is linux swap. I don't get any errors when I want to remove the partition, but it just doesn't disappear... How can I get rid of this partition? Also, my recovery partition seems to be gone, is there a way to fix that?

Thanks!

Did you install it in BootCamp? Are you trying to delete the partition in Disk Utility? Can you post screen shots of what you're looking at?

 

[SanderDeclerck]

I didn't use bootcamp.

This is how my disk shows up in disk utility:

So when I try to remove the partition, I get this:

So I click remove, but afterwards, I get the same as on the first image again...

Also, in the list of my disks disk0s3 is grayed out...

 

[S.B.G]

I didn't use bootcamp.

This is how my disk shows up in disk utility:
Image

So when I try to remove the partition, I get this:
Image

So I click remove, but afterwards, I get the same as on the first image again...

Also, in the list of my disks disk0s3 is grayed out...

Ok, is the partition mounted at the time when you try to delete it? If you can, try and un-mount it, then delete.

 

[Littleodie914]

Don't use Disk Utility to remove your Linux-created partitions, it often doesn't work that well.

Instead, use your Linux install CD to boot into the Linux installer, and use the partition tools there to remove the existing swap partition.

Then, hop back into Disk Utility on the Mac side, and expand the size of your HFS+ partition to fill the reclaimed disk space.

 

[SanderDeclerck]

I succeeded in removing the partition. Now, is there a way to get my recovery partition back? Can I re-install it with some tool?