How do I remove the partition on my hard drive?

I've got 20 GB dedicated to Windows but want to remove the partition and make the hard drive 100% Mac-use only. Any ideas on how to do that?

Use the Boot Camp Assistant in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder to remove it. If you're running Mac OS X 10.4, also see this article.
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Use the Boot Camp Assistant in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder to remove it. If you're running Mac OS X 10.4, also see this article.
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I used succesfully diskpart (on my Windows 7).
In "Command prompt" (Start -> Run -> cmd) type "diskpart" and press enter.
(I wrote "cmd" and then on right click menu I clicked on "Run as administrator").
In diskpart utility (in the same dos window) you have to type "list volume".
You can see your disk (I see all my 4 partitions on the disk that give me the problem) with a progressive number index.
Type "select volume #" and press enter, "#" is the number corresponding to your disk/partition.
Wait the response.
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The hard drive I had problems with had 3 partitions and at least one was write-protected. Just to make sure I used the above "diskpart" commands on each volume and it cleared the write-protected attributes and was able to format the 10Gb partition I used
just for storing the Pagefile.sys file.
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onto the previously used Foxtel IQ h/drive.
Cheerz ;)
Thanks again, I was pulling my hair out to find a solution.

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Hi
Welcome to the Forum please try these steps given below this might help you to fix your issue.
Disclaimer
You are using this guide at your own risk. I don't take any responsibility for any problems.
Important information
Please create a set of recovery discs, Windows Vista or Linux System Repair Disc and back up all important data before you will do anything.These steps will save you a lot of troubles if something will go wrong.
Table of Contents:
A How to use the guide
B Basic information which you need to know
C Our problem
D Possible solutions to the problem
E Pros and cons
F Convert the C partition
G Remove the HP_TOOLS partition
H Remove the RECOVERY partition
I Remove the SYSTEM partition
J FAQ
Let us know how it goes!
"I work for HP."
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****Please mark Accept As Solution if it solves your problem****
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Manjunath

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all models Mac OS X (10.4.7) earlier Mac OS systems as well
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The same way you change it on the internal drive; click on the name and wait a second or two for the field to drop into editing mode, then just type the new name. Or Get Info on the file/folder and change the name there.
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make it easy, kill 2 birds with 1 stone
reboot holding 3 keys - option, command, r - you should see a spinning globe, if not try again
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exit du, choose install OSX
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If you don't want to format the external disk, you can use a third-party application like Parallels NTFS.
That's the most recommended way. However, if you want to format your external disk in FAT32, you can do it without any problem.
First, open a Finder window, select the external disk in the Finder sidebar under "Devices", and copy all the data to a different folder.
Then, open Disk Utility (in /Applications/Utilities), choose your external disk in the sidebar, go to Erase tab and erase the disk. Make sure you have selected "MS-DOS (FAT)" in "Format". If you need detailed steps to do this, see > http://pondini.org/OSX/DU1.html
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So many possibilities.
I am not an expert, but I have learned this much is doable:
Buy an external enclosure to re-use you old drive.
Buy a new external drive at least as large as as your intended new internal drive. Make it self-powered.
Download CarbonCopyClone (free download, relatively small).
Make a CCC clone of the original disk on the new external disk
Install the original disk in the external enclosure.
Install the new disk in the main system.
Boot from that new external drive that has the carbon copy clone. CCC will be installed on it and it will be bootable.
Use CCC on the external to directly clone back to new drive you install in the main system (the "bootable" flag will copy).
NOTE THAT AT NO TIME IS YOUR ORIGINAL DISK BEING OVERWRITTEN IN THIS PROCESS. YOU CAN ALWAYS GO BACK AND REINSTALL IT.
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Step 2 gives you something to use as CCC for after the recovery process.
Step 3 gets the software needed for cloning
Step 4 makes a bootable saved copy of your current system
Step 5 shifts your old disk to a usable place
Step 6 positions your new disk
Step 7 boots your existing install of OSX (just from a different drive)
Step 8 puts your original install on your new disk.
Now you have a bootable larger hard drive, and a bootable copy on a drive large enough to save all you can store on your new internal drive. And you have your old disk to use for "anything".
Now you have TM backup in one place, and CCC backup in another.
Two backups is better than one, and one of your backups is bootable in case of system failure.

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