Lost Space(available) After Removing Bootcamp Partition

While i tried to remove my windows partition it came up with an error.. Now i have a HDD thats divided.. I hope u guys can help!

The simplest option is using a Time Machine. Since you have FV2, you may want to temporarily turn it off for this exercise - OS X Yosemite: Turn off FileVault encryption.
1. Backup using TM - Mac Basics: Time Machine backs up your Mac - Apple Support
2. Run Internet Recovery and erase your internal drive - OS X: About OS X Recovery - Apple Support
3. Restore - OS X Yosemite: Recover your entire system
If you do not have an external disk large enough for your backup or TM set up, then using Terminal commands is the more complicated option.

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Cannot remove bootcamp partition

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Using the BootCamp Assistant is recommended because usually the correct way to remove your Windows partition is to use the BootCamp Assistant 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.
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.
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.
Stefan

Regaining lost space after error when removing Bootcamp partition?

     I am running snow leopard 10.8.2 and had a bootcamp partition of 115gb for Windows 7. Recently I tried to remove the partition using the bootcamp assistant and it displayed an error message that it was unable to remove the partition, however the icon for the partition disappeared in finder and the startup disk menu. I tried to remove the partition again in the same way and this time the error message did not come up, but the utility froze while it was removing the partition and after waiting for an hour or so I had to force quit the utility and restart my Mac. The bootcamp partition doesn't show up, but I did not get the 115gb back? Any ideas how I can reclaim it? Any help is much appreciated!
-Ethan

Notice the 76GB Free Space in the diskutil cs list output.
Unless Kappy has alternative suggestion, I suggest the following (the last 'b' is bytes).
diskutil cs resizeVolume <UseTheLongStringUUIDAboveTheMacintoshHDLine = DB68...> <UseTheSizeInBytesUnderTheLogicalVolumeGroupEntry = 250140434432b>
diskutil cs resizeVolume
Usage: diskutil coreStorage resizeVolume
        lvUUID|MountPoint|DiskIdentifier|DeviceNode size
Resize a logical volume, which is one of one or more disks that consume storage
out of a logical volume group. The logical volume group will have more or less
available space after this operation, if it was a shrink or grow, respectively.
Example: diskutil coreStorage resizeVolume
         11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555 10g

Free space not showing after shrinking BootCamp Partition

I gave a lot of space for the windows 8 bootcamp partition because I thought I am going to install Lots of stuff on it.
After 3 months I found out that my lion partition is almost full! And I have 100 GB of free (Unused) partition on my bootcamp partition.
So I shrunk my bootcamp partition (in windows) by 60 GB. I plan to expand my lion partition in OSX so then I restarted my mac.
Next I went to disk Utility and found out that I can't expand my lion partition with the free space. Until then I realized that lion and windows have different file systems (oops.) so I decided to expand my windows partition back to normal.
Then I went back in windows and found out that the free space is not showing in disk management! What should I do next??
The free space is showing on top but when I right-click the windows partition the "Extend volume" option is greyed out.
PS I dont care about the mac partition now. Did some cleaning with CCleaner and freed 10 GB

you should have asked first to get some ideas? I would have recommended Paragon CampTuneX which is designed to resize those partitions for you.
You want to have 20-30GB free space for any OS. If you were using an SSD, at least that much or even more.
I have no idea if iPartition or gpart can help you now.

Hard disk not detected after formatting bootcamp partition

I am using rEFIt (with OSX, Fedora 13, and Windows7) on my MacBook. I formatted the BootCamp partition (Windows7) using DiskUtility because I wanted to revert back to WindowsXP. After reformatting I rebooted my MacBook but I cannot get to see the rEFIt options. I used the Installation DVD that came with the MacBook, opened DiskUtility and I cannot see my hard disk on the available disks. Need help badly... Thanks!

The tests from the Assistant are not as comprehensive or reliable as the full hard drive test in the BIOS....tap F10 as you power up, go in there and find the hard drive test. Run the long form test and see what is says. It is not unusual for hard drive issues to start as intermittent and gradually get more frequent. If your drive passes the long form test you can fairly safely assume it was a one-time gremlin of some sort, but it is still a real good idea to back up. I like the idea of the online backup services and I will name Carbonite only because it is well known and not as an endorsement. There are several more and an external drive is also a good idea.
You cannot put off a reboot forever; you are going to have to confront the issue at some point.

Restore MAC OS X after removing its partition from windows?

I created a new bootcamp partition on my macbook air and installed windows 7. Then I realised I had little use for the MAC OS partition and, from windows, formatted that drive to get the extra space,so my MB had 2 particions:
- C drive (Bootcamp)
- D drive (labelled just "new drive").
Now I would like to restore the Mac OS partition on the D drive, but I do not want to erase Bootcamp. However if I restart the computer pressing the C key and with the USB reinstall drive in, the only drive where I can apparently install mac os is bootcamp.
I have not advance after that step since I do not want to erase bootcamp. Any clues as to how to proceed here?
thanks!

You can format "D:" again to HFS from OS X Lion or DVD
You do not want to use WinClone to the same hard drive, terrible.
You can install OS X to external drive - partition the drive for OS X, WinClone perhaps or CampTune (also makes backup restore images) - and for TimeMachine.
CampTune will also 'redistribute' space between HFS and NTFS partitions.
Their "Pro" Suite can convert HFS <=> NTFS without loss of data - of course it would be foolish to not have backups.

Do I need to remove Bootcamp Partition before restoring with Time Machine

Hello - anyone familiar with this scenario.
I have used TIME MACHINE from the very first day I had my iMac. So it was started almost immediately after the initial boot of a brand new iMac case I ever needed to restore my Mac to that initial Day 1 state.
That day has come, but it's now two years, and in that time I have installed BOOTCAMP, Parallels and Windows 7. That process created another partition, and created the required 'links' between my OSX and Windows via Parallels etc.
So my question is this - can I do a 'Restore from Time Machine' over the top of the new partioned set up of my iMac OR or will it be now totally confused because of the changes I have made to my system in that time, and do I firstly need to remove Windows, Bootcamp, and erase the partitions I created back to one.
So in summary - will Time Machine do this when it restores, or do I need to do it before I restore?
I also have a CARBON COPY CLONE from Day 1 too. Am I better using that instead - and if so, same question - will i need to remove Windows, and my Bootcamped partion first?
(My system is iMac late 2012 still running OSX Mountain Lion if that makes any difference)
Thanks

popsynic wrote:
Hi - thanks for responding
"Is Parallels using the BC partition as a VM, or is it a separate VM with its own virtual disk?"
I don't know - basically I have a BOOTCAMP partition and Windows is installed on that (using these instructions from the Parallels website) I can then either open up Windows from in OSX Moutain Lion while keeping my mac running (and windows will run in its own little window - but within OSX. OR I can also choose to boot dircetly wi windows when I tuen on my MAC - and then it runs independently of my OSX.
You are using the BC Windows and running it as VM. There is no separate VM with virtual disk.
"Are you planning to erase the internal drive(s)?"
I wasn't sure - I want to restore my iMac like it was on the day I had it, before I partitoned BOOTCAMP and installed windows. So my question is, will the TIME MACHINE restore get rid of WINDOWS and the BOOTCAMP partition for me as part of its restore - or do i have to that, and then restore using Time Machine
It is much simpler to run BC Assistant and use the last option - "Remove Windows". It is a bit cleaner.
"If the backup on TM which started on Day 1 has continued as you have made changes, including BC/Windows/Parallels, it has continued to backup OS X and partition information. I suggest you backup Windows using Windows Backup to a separate external drive formatted as NTFS, and also consider Winclone or CampTune for a OS X compatible BC backup, if you run into any issues."
As above, I am not bothered about keeping Windows or the BOOTCAMP partition, I want to resore my iMac to the DAY 1 status - when I did my first full Time Machine backup - which was before I created a Bootcamp partition or installed Windows.
I suggest removing Windows via BCA and backing up to Time Machine. You will keep you OS X intact and keep all your files on the OS X side.

Slow reboot after deleting bootcamp partition

Hello,
I was just told by a tech store that my bootcamp partition was slowing down my computer incredibly. I no longer need this partition so I went into Disk Utility, clicked the partition, and deleted it. I also had my RAM updated from 4GB to 8GB. I have an Early 2011 Macbook Pro, operating on Yosemite.
The only question I have is, when I rebooted my computer for the first time after deleting the partition, the restarting process took much longer than normal. Without the bootcamp startup, I figured the startup time would be less, when in reality, it was longer. Is there something I missed while deleting my partition, and is there a way to fix this and speed up the reboot time? If not, will this slow reboot be a one time issue?
Any comments would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Rachel

There is a hidden Recovery HD between the OS X and the deleted BC partition, which you can verify using
sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
in OSX Terminal.
BCA does a better job by also relocating the Recovery HD appropriately and giving you a contiguous partition.
The only other method is to subsume Recovery HD in OS X partition and then re-install OS X which will rebuild Recovery HD. This does not modify any of you files, but just the OS.
You will also need to clean the Hybrid MBR which is now dangling and inappropriate for your case.

Can't remove bootcamp partition

Hi all, I have a late 2012 27 inch iMac with a fusion drive. I have attempted to bootcamp Windows 8 following various posts here and elsewhere. Short story - its failed on each and every attempt, and now it seems as though I am stuck with a dud bootcamp partition.
I created a windows install USB for windows 8 and later windows 7 and created a bootcamp partition with the bootcamp assistant. The USB key was created without error. But when the system rebooted to start the Windows installation I got a message saying there was 'no boot device'. I tried various fixes including using rEFIt and creating the USB stick using microsoft's tool. Nothing has worked.
I would like to delete the windows partation and start again (don't know if this will make a difference, nothing has worked so far). I have tried to remove it with the bootcamp assistant (ticked the "Remove Windows 7 or later version" tick box), no go, just get a blue and white striped status bar. Tried in Disk Utility, also no go.
Just don't get why bootcamp installation is so painful and time consuming. Any advice on removing the dud bootcamp partition welcome. Any tips about which USB devices are suitable for Bootcamp would also be appreciated.
Thanks.

stevec1234 wrote:
I wonder how / if the right files will go to the right disk within the fushion volume (ie system files to the SSD) when cloning back with Carbon Copy Cloner. It's supposted to 'just work', but then so is bootcamp...
They should, but let us know if they don't. Please remember that the actual location of any file is decided by the OS.

HT4818 remove bootcamp partition

At one time I set up bootcamp to use Windows Xp. I had partitioned my HD. How do I remove that partition? I am running Mountain Lion OS.

I just started bootcamp assistant and just choose it. But here is a guide i found, Mountain lion looks a bit differnt but almost the same.
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/3955314?start=0&tstart=0
So just go to Applications then in Applications go to the Utilities folder, inside the folder you got Bootcamp assistance. Just start it and it will recognize your partition, and you can do it like i did.
When i did it i just got one option, "remove windows 7 partition".
//Jonathan

Why can't I recover disc space after removing Windows partition?

Greetings,
I have an early 2008 iMac 3.06 GHz Core 2 Duo with a 500 GB HD that I have steadily updated from Leopard to Mountain Lion. I also had partitioned my HD using Bootcamp 2.0 to run Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit. Everything hummed along nicely until the upgrade to OS 10.8.2. After that I could no longer start up in the Windows partition, ostensibly due to system registry files having become corrupt (or missing). After several vain attempts at recovering Vista, I determined to start over using Bootcamp (now upgraded to 5.0), but 5.0 would install Windows 7, apparently not Vista. I was able to remove the Windows partition using Bootcamp 5.0 (the Windows drive no longer shows up at start up when I hold down the option key Macintosh HD and Recovery 10.8.2 remain). I was hoping to recover the remaining HD space for the Mac. In Disc Utliity, it shows the Mac HD occupies 337 GB of space (about 86 GB is free). The remaining 162 GB is greyed out. If I resize the Mac HD to take up the remaining space and attempt to repartition it says "Partition Failed -- couldn't modify partition map because file system verification failed".
I would like to recoup as much of the 162 GB as feasible, but at this point neither Bootcamp nor Disc Utility seem to be helping. How can I accomplish this?Thanks.

I have a problem on my early 2011 macbook pro customized with core i5 processor and 500gb hdd regarding BOOTCAMP for Installing Windows 8 on OS 10.9 Mavericks
I tried to install windows 8 with bootcamp on OS X 10.9 Mavericks but while partitioning bootcamp was not responding and then i force quit it. After that i opened disk Utility and it showed no partitions for windows 8.
But then my HDD which had 210GB free later showed as 136.27 Gb free only. IT means that my partition was not successful and it took up 74GB on my HDD.
I dont want to erase my HDD and Reinstall OS X but want a solution to get my 74GB space back on my hdd without troubles of formatting and restoring from backup.
Plz Help Solution Needed Urgently.

Removing Bootcamp Partition

Hi, I am having a problem removing the windows partition. I went through the bootcamp removal tutorial and everything seemed to work ok. But after the resart the partition was still there and now I cant get rid of it. I have tried ejecting it and that does not work either. Any way I can get rid of this? I need the extra space.

you need to redo the GPT partition table.
if bootcamp wont do it then you will have to do it manually from the command line, this is all bootcamp is doing anyway, just from a GUI.
first list the drives
diskutil list
this will give you a list of the partitions, you will need to resize the apple hfs partition.
diskutil resizeVolume disk0s2 10G HFS+
disk0s2 being your mac drive from the above list
10G being size you want to expand to, total size of partition you want
HFS+ being filesystem
that should do it, or you can erase the dos partition and then grow the mac on into its free space, i cant try this out on my mac as i dont want to reformat, if theres and error it will tell you.
This only works on GPT drives and HFS+ filesystems

I cannot remove bootcamp partition on Snow Leopard

Hi everybody.
I have an iMac 20" early 2009 running Snow Leopard. A few months ago I've used the Boot Camp partition to install OS X Lion, just to test it before upgrade the OS. Everything's gone fine, but now I want to remove the Boot Camp partition and seems to be impossible. I've tried all the things I've read from every forum. The first, and simpler one, is to use the Boot Camp Assistance again.... but when I reach the "donwnload-software-or-have-a-CD-or-DVD" window, and select any option, another window appears that says something like: cannot partition the start up disk or restore it in just one partition. The start up disk must be format in one volume Mac OS Plus (journaled).... And that's exactly how my start up disk is. It's formated with Mac OS Plus (journaled) and the partition I want to remove was created via Boot Camp...
Does anyone knows what should I do?
Thanks so much.
Gonzalo

Using the BootCamp Assistant is recommended because usually the correct way to remove your Windows partition is to use the BootCamp Assistant 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.
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.
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.
Stefan

Very Slow Performance After Removing Windows Partition

Hello,
Recently I went through a failed attempt at installing Windows 7 onto my Macbook Pro using boot camp. After this failure I decided to try again another day and used the boot camp assistant to remove the Windows partition.
Ever since doing this, my computer has been running extremely slowly and beach balls on the simplest of tasks. I have tried resetting the SMC and my PRAM all to no avail. I have also used Disk Utility to verify my disk and it says that my disk looks OK.
Has anyone else experienced this/know of any possible fixes?
Thank you for your help!

Hi,
This may happen sometimes due to anti-virus or firewalls also.Disable them and check if it works better...Or, otherwise try these:
- First uninstall the latest Windows Updates.
Click on the Start Button> Type Windows Updates in the Start Search box > Click View Installed Updates at appears at the top > In the Installed Updates screen Sort the updates as per installed date by clicking on the Down arrow next to installed and choose a date or last week...
Uninstall the updates that were installed recently one by one. Do not restart.Click cancel on restart window.
Then perform a clean boot as shown in the link and follow these steps:
Perform a clean boot >
In the start search box type msconfig > Click Startup tab > Click disable all at the bottom > Then Click services > check the box next to Hide all microsoft services at the bottom > Then select disable all > Click Apply > Ok and restart.
Once it restarts then go to windows updates and complete all the updates > Restart and check. If it works better then Go bak to msconfig and enable only the startup programs and services that are required. Enable few and check again..
Let me know if problem continues..
Note:
If you have HP Support Assistant installed on the computer(The Blue Question Mark) then open it ==> Complete all pending Updates & Tuneups==> Restart and Check. It may solve your problem
Although I am an HP employee, I am speaking for myself and not for HP.
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Slow boot time after removing bootcamp

I am a noob when it comes to a mac...I recently bought a Macbook Pro and installed windows using boot camp. The MBP always booted very fast. I realized I dont need Windows anymore so I removed it using bootcamp assistant. The problem is that now the boot time is very slow. Even before the white screen with the gray Apple logo. It takes at least 30 sec. any ideas?
Thanks

HI,
Check to see how much available space there is on the startup disk.
Right or control click the MacintoshHD icon. Click Get Info. In the Get Info window you will see Capacity and Available. Make sure you always have a minimum of 10% to 15% free disk space at all times.
Insufficient disk space can cause the problems you are experiencing.
Carolyn

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