How do I get rid of this?

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Well, as you can see there's this "Windows" hard drive and I'd like to get rid of it..Like that this space would go on "Macintosh" disk, if you understand me.
I am sorry because of my bad ENglish, but I hope that you can help me.
Thank you.

Is part of your hard drive partitioned to run Windows?

Head for Applications - Utilities - BootCamp Assistant

On that first window - click the button to open the user's guide - go to the section "Removing Windows from your computer".

It will give you an easy walk through to restore that partition to OS X.

Oneironaut said:

Is part of your hard drive partitioned to run Windows?

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No, I use vmWare for this, that's why I made it, till I discovered that they both have to drive from the same hard drive.

If you are using the Bootcamped Windows install in VMWare and you remove it, it will also remove Windows in VMWare.

bobtomay said:

If you are using the Bootcamped Windows install in VMWare and you remove it, it will also remove Windows in VMWare.

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This disk is empty, there's nothing on it anymore.
I don't need this disk, I already removed the windows, but the disk wasn't removed..So how do I get rid of it? Sorry because of my bad English, it's hard to express myself.

T909 said:

This disk is empty, there's nothing on it anymore.
I don't need this disk, I already removed the windows, but the disk wasn't removed..So how do I get rid of it? Sorry because of my bad English, it's hard to express myself.

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If this was a BootCamped Windows install, then the method provided above should do the trick.
Let us know if this works or not.

bobtomay said:

Head for Applications - Utilities - BootCamp Assistant

On that first window - click the button to open the user's guide - go to the section "Removing Windows from your computer".

It will give you an easy walk through to restore that partition to OS X.

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bobtomay said:

If this was a BootCamped Windows install, then the method provided above should do the trick.
Let us know if this works or not.

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There is no Windows on it, I've been using this disk for long time to iTunes and as a games disk.
Now, I don't need it and I want it to be part of "Macintosh HD"..
Thank you for the help by the way, I hope you understood correctly this time.
I know how difficult it can be to understand when someone has a bad English.

I understand perfectly what you are saying. All of the data has been removed from that partition and you want to combine that space back with your Macintosh HD partition.

Please try what I have suggested.

It tells me
The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to aisngle partition
The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OSExtended (Journaled) volume or already partioned by Boot Camp Assistant for Installing Windows.

This is for Snow Leopard - it may look a little different if you have an earlier version of OS X, but will be similar.

You should dig out your OS X disc and boot the Mac to the disc.
When you see the menu bar at the top, go to Utilities - Disk Utility

Follow the 5 steps in the pic - make sure you read and understand the pop up windows as they come.




Naturally, after you resize the Macintosh HD to fill the whole drive, click on the 'Apply' button - then reboot your machine.

bobtomay said:

This is for Snow Leopard - it may look a little different if you have an earlier version of OS X, but will be similar.

You should dig out your OS X disc and boot the Mac to the disc.
When you see the menu bar at the top, go to Utilities - Disk Utility

Follow the 5 steps in the pic - make sure you read and understand the pop up windows as they come.

Naturally, after you resize the Macintosh HD to fill the whole drive, click on the 'Apply' button - then reboot your machine.

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Thank you so much !
I am not gonna make a new topic to it , but the thing is my friend gave me an USB stick where there is Snow Leopard ( I don't know if it's downloaded or not), but when you have to choose language then there comes a letter "Mac OS X Can't be installed on your computer". I've have had a Snow Leopard before, but re - installed Leopard again..

I haven't found Snow Leopard in stores in my countries and I am not gonna go to foreign country for this... Could you help me please?

Oops .... wrong place I guess.

Look at BobTomay's post above .... the solution is in there.
Suggest to get your personal, legal copy of Snow Leopard.

Cheers ... McBie

McBie said:

Oops .... wrong place I guess.

Look at BobTomay's post above .... the solution is in there.
Suggest to get your personal, legal copy of Snow Leopard.

Cheers ... McBie

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Read it again..

I haven't found Snow Leopard in stores in my countries and I am not gonna go to foreign country for this.

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Do you not have your Leopard disc either?

Or a bootable backup?


If not, I'd suggest creating a bootable backup to an external hard drive.
SuperDuper! or CarbonCopyCloner can do this.
You could then boot to the external drive to use Disk Utility on the internal.
The issue is that I don't think you can resize the Macintosh HD partition while you are using it.

bobtomay said:

Do you not have your Leopard disc either?

Or a bootable backup?


If not, I'd suggest creating a bootable backup to an external hard drive.
SuperDuper! or CarbonCopyCloner can do this.
You could then boot to the external drive to use Disk Utility on the internal.
The issue is that I don't think you can resize the Macintosh HD partition while you are using it.

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I do have my Leopard discs.
There's no use of them if I want to install Snow Leopard from the USB stick I guess.
I already checked from the online how to do it, I did everything it said, but it said that Mac OS X can't be installed on my computer.
Also, I'd like to thank you for your kind help. You seem like to be a very intelligent and understand human. I know it's going to be an off-topic, but do you get lots of private letters? I mean, could I ask your help if I also need it in personal life?

If you have your Leopard disc - boot from that disc to restore the drive to a single partition.