Remove bootcamp

how do you remove bootcamp?

Same here, Bootcamp Assistant message = The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.
Thanks for assistance.  How to use the Recovery HD?

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  • Cannot remove bootcamp partition

    Unable to remove Bootcamp partition using Bootcamp Assistant, which reports 'unable to partition drive' Drive is SSD

    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

  • Removing Bootcamp services???

    Hey,
    I currently have Windows XP Service pack 3 (32bit) and have this problem:
    "Windows was unable to create a required installation folder:
    Error code: 0x80070005"
    I have been told to remove bootcamp services from the previous bootcamp installation. Can somebody please give me help and/or advice as to how I can remove or any other way to sort this out,
    Thanks
    Ash
    Message was edited by: ashesg1991

    Scratch that erroneous root of the problem. Deleting the entries from HKLM software, microsoft, windows, currrentversion, run, except the modem (which I need for sound when faxing), permits the computer to shutdown with all bootcamp services remaining installed from the CD (version 2.1). msconfig does not fix the issue by merely turning off the startup programs -- I do not know why deleting the registry entries fixes the problem, versus just deselecting them in msconfig, but it does. I previously did this a a few days ago but could not remember what actually fixed the problem -- and upon a reinstallation the problem returned. So for future reference, the registry entries for programs loaded on startup prevents XP pro from shutting down and restarting properly -- one was something to do with bluetooth, one relates to the realtek audio driver, one relates to the apple keyboard, and another one ?

  • Removing Bootcamp

    How do I remove Bootcamp from my MacBook Pro running Mavericks OS-X 10.9.4

    Do you mean a Boot Camp partition or Boot Camp itself? To remove a partition, boot into OS X, launch Boot Camp Assistant and choose the "Install or remove Windows" option, and follow the steps. Removing the Boot Camp application should not be done.

  • When i remove bootcamp. It stuck in Partitioning disk...

    I want to remove bootcamp from my mac. When i click restore and it say Status:Partitioning disk and look like it stuck. I wait for it about one night but it still stuck. How can I do?

    Can you go to Disk Utility, click on your Macintosh HD, then click on the Partition tab?  Select your Boot Camp partition, click the minus button, and then once that is removed drag your Macintosh partition down to where it takes the whole drive.

  • Removed bootcamp and partitioned, but stil detected as windows drive??

    Hi, installed boocamp a few weeks ago on my external harddrive/macbook. I named the bootcamp partitioned drive Windows.
    Today, i decided to reformat my computer. So, first i removed bootcamp using boocamp utility. Then I partitioned the drive to mac journaled extended and named it HD2. After that i did a factory reset of my mac and reinstalled mountain lion.
    Upon logging in, everything seemed fine. The drive was partitioned correctly for storage on macosx, and still named HD2.
    However, when i loaded the drive menu by restarting my computer and holding option. it still showed the drive as Windows!! when i clicked the drive, it even attempted to load windows, but of course never even got started and went straight to a blank screen because windows is not on there.
    WHAT is going on. the drive isnt even named windows anymore. I removed bootcamp entirely and reformatted the drive. How can it be that the boot menu still lists it as Windows but when logging in, its listed as HD2?
    I hoenstly think its a glitch with bootcamp. it doesnt exactly afftect anything really, because i can still use it for storage. But im OCD and it bothers me that its incorrectly listed in the bootmenu.
    Can someone explain to me whats wrong and how i can fix this?

    You might want to post on the Boot Camp community to get a better response.
    https://discussions.apple.com/community/windows_software/boot_camp

  • Problem installing then removing Bootcamp and Windows XP on a MacBook Pro

    Hello
    I've tried to install Windows XP on a bootcamp partition of a machine running Snow Leopard 10.6.8. I've made a FAT32 partition of 32 Gb with Bootcamp utility ( I've tried NTFS partition too ), I run the first part of the install of Windows which runs fine. When the computer reboot for the second part of the install, it stops with a disk error.
    After several tries, I've decided to removed the Windows partition. I've used the bootcamp utility for that.  The partition is gone, but the computer still try to boot on Windows with, obviously, a disk error, and I have to press Alt to see the System partition and boot under Mac OS. Doing that confirm me that the Windows partition is gone, since I only see the system disk. Any idea to solve this problem ?
    Thank you

    Select the Mac OS X system in the Startup Disk pane of System Preferences.
    (64853)

  • I can't install, repair, or remove BootCamp drivers from my Windows installation

    I have Windows XP SP3 installed on my Macbook Pro. When I installed Windows originally it failed to completely install BootCamp drivers, so I don't have advanced trackpad and keyboard features. I've downloaded the latest BootCamp drivers v3.2 that still run XP, but I always get a message saying that "the installer has encountered an unexpected error installin this package. This may indicate a problem with this package. The error code is 2753." I don't have anything in C:/Program Files/Bootcamp (It doesn't exist), and the Bootcamp icon in Control Panel doesn't work.
    I can't install, remove, or repair the drivers, not even using the software that came with my Mac OS X install DVD. On the Mac side, I'm running Snow Leopard. I've searched Google for help and couldn't find anything. Does anyone have any ideas? I've already gone through the registry and removed a bunch of Apple-related stuff, but it didn't help.
    Thanks! Shayne

    At last I got it all to work. I had to go into the registry and delete all references to Apple software and drivers. Some of the entries were locked, and I had to change permissions to allow me to delete them, which was probably the reason the installer kept failing. I finally got Boot Camp 3.0 installed off the Snow Leopard DVD and then upgraded to 3.2. I had a hickup with the trackpad drivers which didn't work, but I found a fix online -- the drivers labeled "TouchPad" were banged out, and I had to switch them to Generic USB Human Interface and then back to Apple TrackPad drivers, which fixed the problem. Now everything is working beautifully with multi-gesture touch pad and keyboard extensions. Yay!!!!!

  • 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

  • Removed bootcamp now can only boot with option

    I recently removed my windows xp on a bootcamp partition....now when I reboot the imac, I get a message that says there is no bootable drive....use installation discs....
    If I power up with my remote's menu button held, it starts like bootcamp used too but only shows the mac HD....and it boots fine in that case.....I think some remnant of the original bootcamp wasn't removed....How can I fully remove it?

    Open the Startup Disk pane of System Preferences and select the Mac OS X system.
    (41522)

  • 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.

  • Do I need to remove Bootcamp before Time Machine Restore?

    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
    OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.4), i7 / 3TB Fusion Drive / 24GB Ram

    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.

  • 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

  • How do I remove Bootcamp and recover my disk space for my Mac OS X (Yosemite) usage?

    I'm using MacBook Pro Retina (Mid 2014 version)
    I've allocated 40GB for BootCamp, and 80GB left for my Mac OS X Yosemite for my initial configuration.
    I need more space than ever now for my Mac OS and since I don't use my Windows 7 a lot, I thinking to remove my BootCamp partition and regain all the space.
    Please advice what's the proper way for me to do that?

    Back up your data, choose Utilities from the Finder's Go menu, and use the Boot Camp Assistant to return the drive to a single partition setup.
    (120722)

  • How Do I Remove Bootcamp and The Entire Windows Partition?

    I have Windows running on my iMac with a partition. I want to remove it in its entirety to take the machine back to a 100% mac platform. Any thoughts?

    brit66 wrote:
    I have Windows running on my iMac with a partition. I want to remove it in its entirety to take the machine back to a 100% mac platform. Any thoughts?
    Easily done!
    Run BootCamp Assistant.app and restore to a single partition.
    As with all these kinds of operations, if you do not have a complete backup of Leopard, you should not do this, or if you do without a backup and "stuff" happens, just remember my post here.

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