Microsoft Basic Data.....20.2GB????

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Microsoft Basic Data.....20.2GB????

Just recently opened Disk Utility and noticed a "disk0s3" with no Mounting Point. Its Partition Type is a "Microsoft Basic Data" with a capacity of 20.2GB. I have an 80GB hard drive, but my hard drive information says its only showing that i have a 54GB capacity. What is this, and how can i fix it?

MacBook, Mac OS X (10.4.11)

Posted on Nov 23, 2007 12:33 PM

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iBod

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Nov 24, 2007 5:01 AM in response to Brandon18

At a guess, do you have a Windows NTFS partition on your hard drive for booting into Windows via [BootCamp|www.apple.com/bootcamp]?

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Nov 24, 2007 4:48 PM in response to iBod

No, Boot Camp is not installed on my system, nor was the Windows OS. Is it possible to get this cleared up by doing a reinstall of Mac OS X?

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iBod

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Nov 25, 2007 5:51 AM in response to Brandon18

Hi,

I had a little [Googling about|http://www.google.com/search?q=microsoft basic+data+osx&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a] and it seems that that is indeed a partition created for FAT32/NTFS use. Is that expected, or has someone been playing around with your MacBook?

You should be able to remove it via a reinstall. Disk Utility will give you the option to alter the partition map prior to installing the files.

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Nov 28, 2007 6:51 PM in response to iBod

Thanks, did some googling myself and found that it was created when i was using the BootCamp Beta software! I had to reinstall and use that to bring the partition together with the original volume....thanks for you help!

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