Missing partition and missing space

adamlennard · adamlennard #1 (**permalink**)

09-17-2011, 09:56 PM

Hey,

Just tried to create a partition to install Windows 7 on, yet half way during the boot camp partitioning the drive my computer crashed and was forced to restart. Now my computer is missing the specific space I allocated for this partition and the partition isn't showing up in Disk Utility. I can't even use the Boot Camp wizard to get rid of it. It's as if the partitioned has been created and used the 100GB I specified however it didn't finish making the partition and thus I don't have access to it.

Am I going have to totally reformat the drive and reinstall Mac OSX on the computer, or is there a way around this little hiccup?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

chscag · chscag #2 (**permalink**)

09-18-2011, 01:37 AM

Reset your PRAM and go back into Disk Utility to see if the partition shows up. If it does, remove it. Also, run a verify and repair on your hard drive before attempting to install Windows again. Something had to cause your machine to crash. It might well be the hard drive.

adamlennard #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 17, 2011 Posts: 1	09-17-2011, 09:56 PM Hey, Just tried to create a partition to install Windows 7 on, yet half way during the boot camp partitioning the drive my computer crashed and was forced to restart. Now my computer is missing the specific space I allocated for this partition and the partition isn't showing up in Disk Utility. I can't even use the Boot Camp wizard to get rid of it. It's as if the partitioned has been created and used the 100GB I specified however it didn't finish making the partition and thus I don't have access to it. Am I going have to totally reformat the drive and reinstall Mac OSX on the computer, or is there a way around this little hiccup? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Last edited by adamlennard; 09-17-2011 at 10:26 PM.
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chscag #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 23, 2008 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 31,973 Mac Specs: 21.5" iMac 2.5 GHz i5, iPad 3rd Gen., 3 iPods	09-18-2011, 01:37 AM Reset your PRAM and go back into Disk Utility to see if the partition shows up. If it does, remove it. Also, run a verify and repair on your hard drive before attempting to install Windows again. Something had to cause your machine to crash. It might well be the hard drive. Community Guidelines
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