Can't make Windows work and can't remove it

I've given up trying to fix Windows and so figure to remove it altogether. But Bootcamp Assist is of no use. All I get when I try to continue (after choosing whether or not to check for updates) is:
The Startup disk cannot be partitoned or restored to a single partiton. The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Bootcamp Assistant for installing Windows.
Well, of course it was partitioned by Bootcamp assistant when I installed Windows in the first place. Now it's somehow supposed to be unpartitioned before I can remove Windows? That's not what the manual says. I seem to be stuck with a Bootcamp partition with Windows XP Pro on it forever. Can't fix it, can't remove it. In Disk Utility the Verify and Repair buttons are greyed out entirely. (All that's wrong with Windows is an invalid boot.ini file, which cannot be repair as drive letters in Windows were somehow switched all around. Recovery Console can't even find--using Scan command--my Windows installation. There's no fixing this problem.)
Is the only solution to begin from scratch, including removing Mac OS (Snow Leopard in my case) and start all over? Seems pretty radical just to remove a Windows install. Or should I just trying erasing the Bootcamp partition and hoping then that I can reformat it HFS?
One thing I've learned is, never use Bootcamp becauase Windows (any Windows will fail at some point, as all Windows installation invariably do) and then one is really stuck with--in my case--200 GB of wasted disk space.

If you can not remove the partition the normal way (Boot Camp) then you will have to remove it some other way, you may or may not be able to resize the OSX partition in order to reclaim the missing space. My method takes care of both issues, Good luck.

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[SOLVED] netctl-auto not working, and I cannot remove netctl instance

Hi, I installed Arch a few days ago, netctl-auto was working yesterday but today it's not.
Note that
netctl start
works: I have a problem with netctl-auto only.
$ ping -c 3 8.8.8.8
connect: Network in unreachable
I have created only one netctl profile so far, it's called wlp4s0-VM581389-2G (wlp4s0 is the name of my wireless interface)
$ ls /etc/netctl
examples hooks interfaces wlp4s0-VM581389-2G
$ netctl list
wlp4s0-VM581389-2G
wpa_actiond is installed, and I have done
systemctl enable [email protected]
But for some reason I have some extra netctl@ instances that shouldn't be there. I am wondering if they could be the cause of netctl-auto not working properly:
$ systemctl | grep netctl
[email protected] loaded active running Automatic wireless network connection using netctl profiles
● netctl@my\x2dnetwork.service loaded failed failed Networking for netctl profile my-network
● netctl@wlp4s0\x2dVM581389\x2d2G.service loaded failed failed Networking for netctl profile wlp4s0-VM581389-2G
system-netctl.slice loaded active active system-netctl.slice
system-netctl\x2dauto.slice loaded active active system-netctl\x2dauto.slice
- What are these bullet points at the beginning of these two lines?
- Where do netctl@my\x2dnetwork.service and netctl@wlp4s0\x2dVM581389\x2d2G.service come from? They might be instances that I had enabled in the past.
These instances are not enabled and they are inactive, but they are loaded!
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Failed to get unit file state for [email protected]: No such file or directory
$ systemctl status netctl@my\x2dnetwork.service
● [email protected] - Networking for netctl profile myx2dnetwork
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]; static; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
Docs: man:netctl.profile(5)
I have tried to get rid of them, but not managed:
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$ systemctl disable netctl@my\x2dnetwork.service
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[email protected] loaded active running Automatic wireless network connection using netctl profiles
netctl.service loaded active exited (Re)store the netctl profile state
● netctl@my\x2dnetwork.service loaded failed failed Networking for netctl profile my-network
● netctl@wlp4s0\x2dVM581389\x2d2G.service loaded failed failed Networking for netctl profile wlp4s0-VM581389-2G
system-netctl.slice loaded active active system-netctl.slice
system-netctl\x2dauto.slice loaded active active system-netctl\x2dauto.slice
[user@mascip-toshiba ~]$ systemctl daemon-reload
[user@mascip-toshiba ~]$ systemctl | grep netctl
[email protected] loaded active running Automatic wireless network connection using netctl profiles
netctl.service loaded active exited (Re)store the netctl profile state
● netctl@my\x2dnetwork.service loaded failed failed Networking for netctl profile my-network
● netctl@wlp4s0\x2dVM581389\x2d2G.service loaded failed failed Networking for netctl profile wlp4s0-VM581389-2G
system-netctl.slice loaded active active system-netctl.slice
system-netctl\x2dauto.slice loaded active active system-netctl\x2dauto.slice
Also, I have tried to check with
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, which gives an empty output. I am guessing that it's normal, because the netctl-auto instances are managed by systemd?
Now, trying to understand what is happening to [email protected]: as seen before with systemctl | grep netctl, it is active and running.
Then I do:
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Feb 10 17:34:23netctl-auto[270]: Included profile: 'wlp4s0-VM581389-2G'
wpa_actiond[310]: Starting wpa_actiond session for interface 'wlp4s0'
So, a wpa_actiond session was started, but I still cannot ping 8.8.8.8. Why?
Investigating further:
$ netctl status wlp4s0-VM581389-2G
● netctl@wlp4s0\x2dVM581389\x2d2G.service - Networking for netctl profile wlp4s0-VM581389-2G
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]; static; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Tue 2015-02-10 19:43:17 GMT; 3min 16s ago
Docs: man:netctl.profile(5)
Process: 274 ExecStart=/usr/lib/network/network start %I (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Main PID: 274 (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
Feb 10 19:43:15 mascip-toshiba network[274]: Failed to initialize control interface '/run/wpa_supplicant'.
Feb 10 19:43:15 mascip-toshiba network[274]: You may have another wpa_supplicant process already running or the file was
Feb 10 19:43:15 mascip-toshiba network[274]: left by an unclean termination of wpa_supplicant in which case you will need
Feb 10 19:43:15 mascip-toshiba network[274]: to manually remove this file before starting wpa_supplicant again.
Feb 10 19:43:17 mascip-toshiba network[274]: The WPA supplicant did not start for interface 'wlp4s0'
Feb 10 19:43:17 mascip-toshiba network[274]: Failed to bring the network up for profile 'wlp4s0-VM581389-2G'
Feb 10 19:43:17 mascip-toshiba systemd[1]: netctl@wlp4s0\x2dVM581389\x2d2G.service: main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Feb 10 19:43:17 mascip-toshiba systemd[1]: Failed to start Networking for netctl profile wlp4s0-VM581389-2G.
Feb 10 19:43:17 mascip-toshiba systemd[1]: Unit netctl@wlp4s0\x2dVM581389\x2d2G.service entered failed state.
Feb 10 19:43:17 mascip-toshiba systemd[1]: netctl@wlp4s0\x2dVM581389\x2d2G.service failed.
"You may have another wpa_supplicant process already running or the file was left by an unclean termination of wpa_supplicant in which case you will need to manually remove this file before starting wpa_supplicant again."
What does this mean? Which file might have been left by an unclean termination? I tried to find this info in the wpa_supplicant documentation, and by searching on Google, but couldn't find anything.
Now I am lost:
- how do I get rid of these two undesired netctl instances?
- where can I investigate next, to get netctl-auto@wlp4s0 to work?
Any help greatly appreciated :-)
Last edited by mascip (2015-02-13 11:15:38)

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Thank you for your message and for your suggestions.
Is WinZip a Mac application that makes compressed files that can be opened on a Windows computer? If so, then do you have any notion where I could find a version old enough to run on OS 9.2.2?
I noticed that DropStuff 6.0, which I use on my G3 Tower, has an option to make compressed files that are self-extracting on Windows. Do you know if that works? I suppose that I could make such a file and then find somebody with a Windows computer to test if for me.
Yes, I could (shudder) get an old Windows computer somewhere, learn to use it, and do the project that way. Do you know if the old versions of Windows include disk image programs and file compression programs? Or, would I need to buy some old software?
Thank you for the information about the size of the diskettes. As you've probably noticed, I don't know very much about Windows things.
Sincerely,
Frontiersman

How can I make triple partition for OSX, Windows 8, and for saving Data

I read many articles on googles yet I still can't figure out how to.
The point that I get is when you're installing Windows using bootcamp, before it actually try to install windows, i have to go back to OSX, choose disk utility and create the 3rd partition.
But after I continue the installation, the windows boot camp partition can't be formatted and worse I can't use the drive to install windows 8.
Other I read about deleting the recovery partition in order to make it works?
I don't know .... I tried and I failed many times *sigh*

1. Boot Camp doesn't support Windows 8, so wait until Apple releases new Boot Camp drivers.
2. Boot Camp requires only one volume on the hard drive, so you can't create a volume to store data

Can't make Windows work and can't remove it

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