What does restore mean?! iam in need of serious help!!!

i was trying to put ubuntu on boot camp, but the disk was dirty, so i cold shut down. then when i tried to restore my disk to a single partition, it said:
*The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.*
Back up the disk and use Disk Utility to format it as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. Restore your information to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant again.
help me please! will restoring it erase all of my stuff? and first off, how do i restore it in the first place?!

Hi and welcome to Discussions,
usually the best way to remove the made Windows or Linux 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. After the reboot use the BootCamp Assistant again to make the Windows partition and then install the (hopefully correct) version of Windows.
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.
Restore is the 'counterpart' to a backup meaning that the informations (files, folder, settings) you saved during the backup onto an external harddisk are copied back onto your internal harddisk during the restore.
(Which of course would erase the stuff that is on your internal harddisk at that moment).
Hope it helps
Stefan

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