BOOTCAMP PROBLEM - Pc partition won't delete

I am trying to rerun bootcamp but it tells me that I have to format to only one single mac os x drive but the problem is that I cannot delete the PC partition. I probably should have reformatted to one drive using bootcamp before I reinstalled mac osx. How do I get rid of the pc partition and only have one mac hd?!

Hi, did you solve this? I have a solution but you appear to have marked this as answered, therefore I'm assuming you've figured this out?

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