Hi everyone,
I read through several pages on this forum to see if my topic was addressed specifically, but I came up empty handed. Here goes:
Just looking at my desktop on the MBP and I realize I never click on the BOOTCAMP Hard drive icon. So I select it, and then eject it. But I get to thinking: It has to mean I have a partition. Inside Disk Utility now, and I select the BOOTCAMP hard drive and there it is: 60GB of space allotted to Bootcamp. Hmmmmm.... Well, I don't use Bootcamp. I use Parallels. So.... I'm pretty sure I want that 60GB partition to come back to my MBP side of things. Just to make sure, I open the Bootcamp drive and look at what's inside. The last time any of the files inside were "Last opened" was April 2012. It's now Oct 2013 and I use Parallels almost everyday. Ok... I'm feeling reassured that I should be able to wipe out this Bootcamp partition without any adverse reactions. Afterall, I don't even know why it's there. So, I'm wondering: How do I know if I can safely delete the BOOTCAMP hard drive and all that it does on this MBP?
I've read that you can run Parallels without running BOOTCAMP. I didn't install BOOTCAMP on this MBP as I purchased it used and it came with it. I did install Parallels on it myself. I guess I'm wondering, how do I know if the Parallels software that I am using is going to work fine without the Bootcamp disk that I currently have? And finally, how does one go about getting that 60GB partition of Bootcamp off the computer and regain that 60GB of space back to the MBP hard drive.
Thanks; I'll hang up and listen to your answers
I read through several pages on this forum to see if my topic was addressed specifically, but I came up empty handed. Here goes:
Just looking at my desktop on the MBP and I realize I never click on the BOOTCAMP Hard drive icon. So I select it, and then eject it. But I get to thinking: It has to mean I have a partition. Inside Disk Utility now, and I select the BOOTCAMP hard drive and there it is: 60GB of space allotted to Bootcamp. Hmmmmm.... Well, I don't use Bootcamp. I use Parallels. So.... I'm pretty sure I want that 60GB partition to come back to my MBP side of things. Just to make sure, I open the Bootcamp drive and look at what's inside. The last time any of the files inside were "Last opened" was April 2012. It's now Oct 2013 and I use Parallels almost everyday. Ok... I'm feeling reassured that I should be able to wipe out this Bootcamp partition without any adverse reactions. Afterall, I don't even know why it's there. So, I'm wondering: How do I know if I can safely delete the BOOTCAMP hard drive and all that it does on this MBP?
I've read that you can run Parallels without running BOOTCAMP. I didn't install BOOTCAMP on this MBP as I purchased it used and it came with it. I did install Parallels on it myself. I guess I'm wondering, how do I know if the Parallels software that I am using is going to work fine without the Bootcamp disk that I currently have? And finally, how does one go about getting that 60GB partition of Bootcamp off the computer and regain that 60GB of space back to the MBP hard drive.
Thanks; I'll hang up and listen to your answers