MacBook - Boot Camp Partion Waste of space.... :(

thechicken · thechicken #1 (**permalink**)

07-30-2008, 01:23 AM

Well I have a macbook and while i was installing windows, but in mac in boot camp assistant partioning the hard drive, my computer had a kernal panic aka mac blue screen of death while it was partioning, then when i restart i come to find that i have 14 GB free left, when before i partioned i have 52 GB free, and it didnt even give me the windows hard drive or folder, and i cannot find where it partioned it so it was a waste of space and i have no clue what to do because i want all that room back

lifeisabeach · lifeisabeach #2 (**permalink**)

07-30-2008, 07:28 AM

Run the Boot Camp Assistant again and tell it to reclaim the space.

thechicken · thechicken #3 (**permalink**)

07-31-2008, 08:05 PM

the problem is that my computer thinks that is has not partioned it so boot camp cant unpartion, it just asks if i want to partion again

lifeisabeach · lifeisabeach #4 (**permalink**)

07-31-2008, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by thechicken

the problem is that my computer thinks that is has not partioned it so boot camp cant unpartion, it just asks if i want to partion again

Alrighty. Assuming you have 10.5.x, you can use Disk Utility to merge the partitions non-destructively back into one partition. Nonetheless, you should have a backup in place... just in case. If you are still on 10.4 and using some trick to fool Boot Camp beta into thinking it hasn't expired, then you need a 3rd-party solution like iPartition.

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Member Since: Sep 30, 2007 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 5,787 Mac Specs: iMac i3 (mid-2010) + OS 10.8; TV 2; iPhone 4S; iPad 1	07-30-2008, 07:28 AM Run the Boot Camp Assistant again and tell it to reclaim the space. Standing request for all troubleshooting: Please provide your Mac model/year and OS version. Also advise us if you have used or installed any antivirus, security, or "cleaning" software on your Mac. If you have installed MacKeeper in particular, you are hereby advised to uninstall it. --------- If all else fails to fix your problem, read this tip.
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Member Since: Jul 30, 2008 Posts: 2	07-30-2008, 01:23 AM Well I have a macbook and while i was installing windows, but in mac in boot camp assistant partioning the hard drive, my computer had a kernal panic aka mac blue screen of death while it was partioning, then when i restart i come to find that i have 14 GB free left, when before i partioned i have 52 GB free, and it didnt even give me the windows hard drive or folder, and i cannot find where it partioned it so it was a waste of space and i have no clue what to do because i want all that room back
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