How to uninstall Bootcamp

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How to uninstall Bootcamp

Hey,

I recently installed bootcamp. However, because i didn't realize at first, but I have lost the Windows CD's. I said forget, no need to have Windows anyway. However, now I stuck with this thing on my desktop called Bootcamp, and its taking away 15gb of my macbook's memory. How to i take back the memory I put into bootcamp and kill it forever? Also, I can't seem to find the Bootcamp Assistant application

Macbook, Got it 2 years ago i think

Posted on Sep 16, 2009 6:07 PM

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Niel

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Sep 16, 2009 6:12 PM in response to geiko12

Open the Disk Utility in the /Applications/Utilities/ folder, select the drive in the sidebar, click on the Partition tab, delete the Boot Camp partition, drag the bottom slider of the Mac OS X partition as far down as it wil go, and click Apply.

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CMCSK

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Sep 16, 2009 6:15 PM in response to geiko12

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1955543

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Sep 16, 2009 6:29 PM in response to Niel

Where would i find the partition tab?

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Niel

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Sep 16, 2009 6:31 PM in response to geiko12

On the right side of the screen. In order to see it, you need to have selected the drive itself and not any partition on it; partitions are indented.

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geiko12 Author

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Sep 16, 2009 6:46 PM in response to Niel

Thank you so much!

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tahrens

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Oct 11, 2009 5:11 PM in response to Niel

Thank you so much! I literally spent 2 days trying to figure out how to do this. It shouldn't have been this difficult.

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Oct 12, 2009 8:58 AM in response to geiko12

An easier way would have been to go back into Bootcamp assistant, Applications>Utilities>Bootcamp assistant, select the option to restore or remove a bootcamp partition, and then choose the option to restore to a single volume.

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