Lost my partition and can't find it!!!

[tinman623]

So i just deleted my windows partition with the intention of replacing it with one with more file space. Everything went well until i started the process of partitioning it. Midway through the process of the mac partitioning my hard drive it FROZE. I shut it down manually with the power button, but now i'm missing the 80GB in my hard drive that was supposed to be my windows partition. Does anyone know how i can recover this lost memory? Thanks

 

[spinnerlys]

How did you partition the internal HDD with what application?
Does the partition show up in Disk utility?


Guide on how to use Disk Utility from the restore / installation DVD.
Format Your Hard Drive Using Disk Utility
Partition Your Hard Drive With Disk Utility

 

[Hellhammer]

What can you see in Disk Utility? Click you HD (NOT Mac HD) and the partition tab. Can you include a similar screenshot as mine?

 

[balamw]

Both previous suggestions are spot on.

You may also want to use something like Disk Inventory X or DaisyDisk to see if there is a 80GB file somewhere on your disk that is set aside for the partition.

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[tinman623]

I used boot camp assistant to partition
I trieed looking at disk inventory X but it only shows 98.6 GB of what finder says is 174.6GB of used space.

 

[tinman623]

how would disk utility help? is there a solution to this?

 

[balamw]

how would disk utility help? is there a solution to this?

At this point I'd run Disk Utility from your OS X install disc and try to verify and repair the filesystem. Looks like space is allocated, but not tied to a particular file since otherwise Disk Inventory X should have seen it.

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[arpitmalik1000]

At this point I'd run Disk Utility from your OS X install disc and try to verify and repair the filesystem. Looks like space is allocated, but not tied to a particular file since otherwise Disk Inventory X should have seen it.

B

 

[arpitmalik1000]

i have the same problem if any one knows the solution please help me.....250 gb space is lost running os x el capitan