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regain "free space" partition created by Bootca...

Hello everyone! I am having a problem with my hard drive.

I am using Bootcamp trying to install the Windows 7 and it went alright until rebooting and starting to install procedure. The computer cannot read my flash drive and finally ended up with installing failure. Then I tried rebooting several times and suddenly the bootcamp partition (with nothing in it actually) cannot be read.

I came back to OS X and tried to delete the bootcamp partition but after a while failed. Then I cannot see the Bootcamp Partition in Finder. In disk utility it became "Free Space (I'm using Chinese system and it shows "可用空間“ in both name and format)."

Cannot be deleted through the minus button, cannot be formatted, and all the options are grey (cannot be clicked)

In recovery mode (command + R) it remained the same.

I can normally use the other partition in Mac OS X.

How can I DELETE THE UNUSABLE PARTITION and REGAIN THE SPACE? To combine the two partitions back together is the best choice but HOW?

Plz Help! Many Thanks!

Hi John,

You use the Boot Camp Assistant to create AND remove the Windows partition on your hard drive.

Boot Camp 5.1: Frequently asked questions - Apple Support

How do I remove Windows from my Mac?

Use Boot Camp Assistant to safely remove Windows and the Windows partition from your Mac, restoring your file system to a single Mac partition:

 

1. Open Boot Camp Assistant.
2. Select “Remove Windows 7 or later version," then click Continue.
3. Click the Restore button.

 

See also 

Remove Windows from your Mac - Boot Camp Help

Take care,

Nubz

Nubz reply isn't helpful. It's very far from solving the real issue.

最後更新：2017-08-20 02:29:18

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