Remove Resize Partitions

[woettinger]

Using Boot Camp I formatted the disk for a windows install. I then added a FAT32 partition.

I have a HFS+, NTFS and FAT32. I wish to remove the NTFS and FAT32 and have the HFS+ retake up the space.

I have done this before but lost my instructions and google is not helping at the moment.

Any ideas?

Bill

 

[sushi]

Run Boot Camp install again, and you can repartition your HD with it to remove the NTFS and FAT partitions.

 

[woettinger]

Won't work. Boot Camp only supports one additional partition. I added the FAT32 so boot camp is broke.

What is the diskutil command to delete a partition slice. I think I can resize it using the command line.

Wish I could find my notes!

 

[Mernak]

What is the diskutil command to delete a partition slice. I think I can resize it using the command line.

"diskutil resizevolume" if you type in just "diskutil" it will give you options, if you type in diskutil <verb> (from the previous list) it will give you a detailed usage.

i.e. to get more info on the full syntax of resize just type in "diskutil resizevolume" without the quotes

Warning: not for the faint of heart

 

[sushi]

Another option if you have an external drive.

- Clone to external HD.

- Reformat HD to HFS+ or whatever you want.

- Clone back from external HD.

Done!

Edit: You can use Carbon Copy Cloner or Super Duper to do this.