Cant delete hard drive?

Hi,
I have a minor problem, when I got my macbook I wanted to install bootcamp right away and everyone knows when you install boot camp you make a hard drive for windows on your computer. Well the problem is that when I was installing boot camp the disc I was using was faulty disc and didn't install. But before I knew I couldn't install the disc I had to separate my hard drive for the windows platform. So after I couldn't install the disc I looked at the home screen and see the hard drive I separated from the original and I tried to eject the hard drive but every time i turn on the computer it appears again. So now I have a unused 15GB HD that wont go away when I eject it. Please help me with this situation so I can restore what I separated. .
Thanks a bunch!

You should be able to do this from Disk Utility, in the Applications/Utilities folder.
When you launch it, select your hard drive from the menu on the left. (This would be the full HD, not one of the indented ones.) Once you have that highlighted, click on the "Partition" tab, select the Boot Camp partition and click the minus sign to eliminate it.
Hope that helps.

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