Removal of winxp partition

I installed Win XP on my MBP with Boot Camp but now would like to remove it, it's partition and regain the disc space. Can i do this without formatting the whole drive, if so how? Cheers.

Hi,
usually you can use the BootCamp Assistant to repartition the drive to one OSX partition.
But as always with such disc operations: Be sure to have a full backup of your OSX partition, just in case.
Regards
Stefan

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Hi,
Assuming E: is the Recovery Partition. Please try:
Right-click Computer > Manage > Storage > Disk Management, then right-click the graphic of the E partition and select Delete. The partition returns to Unallocated for a Primary Partition or Free Space if it‘s a Logical Drive within an Extended Partition. Delete the partition if it is an Extended partition.
Now right-click the graphic of the C partition and select Extend.
Note: C and E must be sitting next to each other.
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