Mac hard drive partition back

[bjballar41]

I had bootcamp installed on an older mac and got rid of it i couldnt through the application so i deleted it manually but now my hard drive wont let me partition that space back together does anyone have any ideas how to do it?

 

[C4C]

Instead of trying to create a partition over it, have you tried deleting that partition and making it "free space"?

 

[bjballar41]

Well I'm using the disk utility and it says just to slide it down and apply but it coming back saying it's failing

 

[voyagerfan99]

When using Disk Utility, use the Erase tab and just create one single partition.

 

[bjballar41]

When using Disk Utility, use the Erase tab and just create one single partition.

will that not erase everything i have stuff i still need to save on there. its mostly what i use for music

 

[voyagerfan99]

will that not erase everything i have stuff i still need to save on there. its mostly what i use for music

You never said you had to save anything.

 

[bjballar41]

sorry thats my fault. i had bootcamp and got rid of it but cant get that partition
back into one

 

[voyagerfan99]

Did you check the Bootcamp Assistant?


Open Boot Camp Assistant.
Select “Remove Windows 7 or later version," then click Continue.
Do one of the following:
If your Mac has a single internal disk, click Restore.
If your Mac has multiple internal disks, select the Windows disk, select “Restore disk to a single OS X partition,” then click Continue.

 

[bjballar41]

ive tried that also and it wont let me do anything i guess since im using such an old version of it

went back in and all its letting me do is partition it more

 

[voyagerfan99]

The only other way I found you can do it is to wipe and reinstall OSX. You could always do a backup with Time Machine and restore the backup once you've reinstalled OSX.

 

[bjballar41]

i dont have a os disc so i guess ill just tough it out

 

[voyagerfan99]

What version of OSX are you running? You can use Internet Recovery with 10.7 Lion onward.