My bootcamp partition crashed, what do I do? I cannot remove it normally through bootcamp or disk utility.

My bootcamp partition did not work because it was not accepting the password and I closed it. I cannot reset it through bootcamp or disk utility. What do I do?

MacBook Pro 13", macOS 10.13

Posted on Apr 20, 2019 7:10 AM

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Loner T

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Apr 20, 2019 7:16 AM in response to MysteriousOne9

Can you post the output of

diskutil list

from macOS Terminal?

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