Lost HardDrive Space After Deleting Bootcamp Partiton

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Lost HardDrive Space After Deleting Bootcamp Partiton

Hello, Everyone

I have a small issue i open finder window and it says that i have 398.18GB Available but when i go into Disk Utility and go to the top result which is called WDC WD6400AAKS-40H2B0 Media it says that my Total Capacity is 640.14 GB so i go to the Partition Tab and it says the following Available Space: 533.58 and the HD Size 639.66 so i go to my Desktop and Get Info on my Macintosh HD and it says my Capacity is 493.79GB and i don't understand where the rest of my space has gone the Macintosh HD says that i have only used 95.61 GB on disk so if you can help me get my rest of my space back it would be much appreciated.

I have tried repairing it in disk utility but it hasn't worked 😟

Thanks, Sean

iMac 2.93 GHz, Mac OS X (10.6.2), 24 Inch, 500GB HDD, 4GB Ram

Posted on Mar 14, 2010 5:21 AM

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Answer 1

Mar 14, 2010 6:09 AM in response to Sean McGarrity

HI,

Try repairing disk permissions...

Quit any open applications/programs. Launch Disk Utility. (Applications/Utilities) Select MacintoshHD in the panel on the left, select the FirstAid tab. Click: Repair Disk Permissions. When it's finished from the Menu Bar, Quit Disk Utility and restart your Mac. If you see a long list of "messages" in the permissions window, it's ok. That can be ignored. As long as you see, "Permissions Repair Complete" when it's finished... you're done. Quit Disk Utility and *restart your Mac*.

Carolyn 🙂

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Answer 2

Mar 14, 2010 11:33 PM in response to Carolyn Samit

I have already done that like i have mentioned in my post and no luck

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Answer 3

Mar 16, 2010 3:31 AM in response to Sean McGarrity

ISSUE RESOLVED

Backed up my files to a external HDD with Time Machine and then re-installed snow leopard with a Time Machine Back Up.

All Hail Time Machine Fantastic Tool!

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