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<blockquote data-quote="lclev" data-source="post: 1624472" data-attributes="member: 307555">This is a bit out of my &quot;knowledge&quot; zone&nbsp; so wiser heads may prevail but....&nbsp; If I were doing this I would create a bootable USB of OS X (I will assume Yosemite or Mavericks)&nbsp; create a Time Machine backup or better yet, use Carbon Copy Cloner to back up my Mac partition.&nbsp; Then format the hard drive and reinstall the entire OS from scratch - do a clean install of OSX.&nbsp; Restore my files from TM (CCC is the fall back if something goes wrong.)&nbsp; Now install VMware or Parallels and install Windows.&nbsp; That said I believe you can change the partition sizes in Disk Utility.&nbsp; I don't see why you can't format the old Windows partition and then extend the OS X partition to take up the new space.&nbsp; Actually if this would work it would be the easiest and best way.As I said I am thinking out loud but before you try any thing - BACK UP EVERYTHING!Lisa</blockquote>

[QUOTE="lclev, post: 1624472, member: 307555"] This is a bit out of my "knowledge" zone so wiser heads may prevail but.... If I were doing this I would create a bootable USB of OS X (I will assume Yosemite or Mavericks) create a Time Machine backup or better yet, use Carbon Copy Cloner to back up my Mac partition. Then format the hard drive and reinstall the entire OS from scratch - do a clean install of OSX. Restore my files from TM (CCC is the fall back if something goes wrong.) Now install VMware or Parallels and install Windows. That said I believe you can change the partition sizes in Disk Utility. I don't see why you can't format the old Windows partition and then extend the OS X partition to take up the new space. Actually if this would work it would be the easiest and best way. As I said I am thinking out loud but before you try any thing - BACK UP EVERYTHING! Lisa [/QUOTE]

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