Boot Camp Crash

Question

Hi,
Recently I went to partition my MBP and half way through the partition, boot camp crashed and I had to force restart my mac. After I restarted my mac, around 20gb of HDD space was missing. Is there any way I can get it back?
Thanks!

Answer 1

Hi and welcome to Discussions,
the best way to remove a BootCamp Windows partition is to use the BootCamp Assistant (in the Applications/Utilities folder) again which should give you the option to remove the made Windows partition and revert back to one OSX volume.
After that's done a reboot of your Mac might be advisable. After the reboot you can use the BootCamp Assistant again to make a new Windows partition and then install Windows again.
Only if that's not working (whatever the reason) :
1) boot your Mac from your OSX install DVD
2) choose your language and then 'ignore' (cancel) the installation
3) from the Top Menu (Utilities) start Disk Utility (DU)
4) in DU click on your harddisk (not any partition) in the left pane (the first item listed)
5) in the right pane use the 'Partition'-Tab
6) click to highlight on the ex-Windows partition you want to delete
7) click on the small '-' Button at the bottom
That should delete your former Windows partition
After that's done successfully
8) Drag the partition separator line until it encompasses the entire drive and then select apply.
9) Quit Disk Utility
10) reboot your Mac from your harddisk.
This procedure only works with OSX 10.5 Leopard or 10.6 Snow Leopard.
Since you are 'fumbling' with your OSX partition you should consider having/making a backup of it before trying the a.m. procedure. Just in case.
Regards
Stefan