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Hi there.
This s my first post...for unfortunate reasons...!
Everything was going fine...to what it matters, i "had" a Macbook Pro 2.6 with 4 Gbs memory and with 2 partitions:
- One with Leopard 10.5
- Other with Windows XP (created with Bootcamp)
For work reasons, i had to erase both partitions and reinstall them...i started with Windows.
As i known before and not now, there are 2 ways(amongst many) to "safely" remove a partition:
- Bootcamp Assistant
- Disk Utility
As i have created the windows partition with Bootcamp, i choosed the bootcamp assistant to do the job(instead of the Disk Utility)...BIG MISTAKE!!!
The Bootcamp Assistant only had a single option, which was like "create or erase Windows partition" as far as i could remember...
So i clicked it...then choosed the volume/partition which i wanted to remove, named "Windows" (as i had the OS X 10.5 installed in the other partition)
It took like 1.5 sec to erase 70 Gbs and in the moment i´ve found it very strange...
Next thing i know...my "70-Gbs-Windows-Partition" is missing for three days!!!
I´ve tried Disk Utility(checking the drive and repairing it with First Aid),Ubuntu(booted from it to find the missing partition),Whatsize, Bootcamp(again, because i´ve read about a user who could restore the partition by simply repeating the process(of partition-creation) , Terminal(used "diskutil" command to find the huge 70Gbs file, and to try to resize the single partition/volume to the initial factory-made 250 Gbs HDD)
Tomorrow i will try to learn something about "aliases"(don´t laugh) , because i´ve read something about it that could have an influence on this story.
And now, i´ve reached a point where i can´t read anymore about it...and i can´t go further in "The Search for the Holy Windows-Partition"...so i ask for HELP!!!!
Thank you very much, sorry for the (possible) bad english...
PS: For the readers of this post...i´ve tried then to recreate another windows partition(with success) and i could SAFELY remove it with disk utility. I feel i´ve just picked the wrong tool to do the job...
Thanks ;D
This s my first post...for unfortunate reasons...!
Everything was going fine...to what it matters, i "had" a Macbook Pro 2.6 with 4 Gbs memory and with 2 partitions:
- One with Leopard 10.5
- Other with Windows XP (created with Bootcamp)
For work reasons, i had to erase both partitions and reinstall them...i started with Windows.
As i known before and not now, there are 2 ways(amongst many) to "safely" remove a partition:
- Bootcamp Assistant
- Disk Utility
As i have created the windows partition with Bootcamp, i choosed the bootcamp assistant to do the job(instead of the Disk Utility)...BIG MISTAKE!!!
The Bootcamp Assistant only had a single option, which was like "create or erase Windows partition" as far as i could remember...
So i clicked it...then choosed the volume/partition which i wanted to remove, named "Windows" (as i had the OS X 10.5 installed in the other partition)
It took like 1.5 sec to erase 70 Gbs and in the moment i´ve found it very strange...
Next thing i know...my "70-Gbs-Windows-Partition" is missing for three days!!!
I´ve tried Disk Utility(checking the drive and repairing it with First Aid),Ubuntu(booted from it to find the missing partition),Whatsize, Bootcamp(again, because i´ve read about a user who could restore the partition by simply repeating the process(of partition-creation) , Terminal(used "diskutil" command to find the huge 70Gbs file, and to try to resize the single partition/volume to the initial factory-made 250 Gbs HDD)
Tomorrow i will try to learn something about "aliases"(don´t laugh) , because i´ve read something about it that could have an influence on this story.
And now, i´ve reached a point where i can´t read anymore about it...and i can´t go further in "The Search for the Holy Windows-Partition"...so i ask for HELP!!!!
Thank you very much, sorry for the (possible) bad english...
PS: For the readers of this post...i´ve tried then to recreate another windows partition(with success) and i could SAFELY remove it with disk utility. I feel i´ve just picked the wrong tool to do the job...
Thanks ;D