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<blockquote data-quote="cwa107" data-source="post: 1371674" data-attributes="member: 24098"><p>You never want to remove a Boot Camp partition using Disk Utility - in fact, I wish Apple would put some kind of nanny in place to prevent it, as it's a really common mistake. You can safely restore a Mac to its original configuration (pre-Windows) by re-running the Boot Camp Assistant, which is available in the Applications => Utilities folder (not that it helps you at this point, since you'll need to re-format the entire disk).</p><p></p><p>Also, you never want to make ANY major changes to a hard drive's disk structure without a backup. </p><p></p><p>Since it has Lion on it, it *should* have a hidden recovery partition. The correct way to access it is by turning the machine on and immediately pressing and holding Command + R. It should boot into the Recovery Assistant window, but if it does not, it will try to do an Internet recovery to reinstall the OS.</p><p></p><p>More information here:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718" target="_blank">OS X Lion: About Lion Recovery</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cwa107, post: 1371674, member: 24098"] You never want to remove a Boot Camp partition using Disk Utility - in fact, I wish Apple would put some kind of nanny in place to prevent it, as it's a really common mistake. You can safely restore a Mac to its original configuration (pre-Windows) by re-running the Boot Camp Assistant, which is available in the Applications => Utilities folder (not that it helps you at this point, since you'll need to re-format the entire disk). Also, you never want to make ANY major changes to a hard drive's disk structure without a backup. Since it has Lion on it, it *should* have a hidden recovery partition. The correct way to access it is by turning the machine on and immediately pressing and holding Command + R. It should boot into the Recovery Assistant window, but if it does not, it will try to do an Internet recovery to reinstall the OS. More information here: [url=http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4718]OS X Lion: About Lion Recovery[/url] [/QUOTE]
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