How to reclaim disk space after deleting Boot Camp partition?

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How to reclaim disk space after deleting Boot Camp partition?

Hey all... I'm running Mavericks, and just removed a Boot Camp partition on my secondary HD (2 TB). I removed it using Boot Camp Assistant as I'd read that using Disk Utility and/or DiskWarrior to do this would result in all that data being corrupted. The Windows partition was successfully removed, but none of the space it occupied has been relinquished (460 and some odd GB). I had wanted to use this space to make a Time Machine backup of my laptop, and would really love to know how to reclaim the space and not feel so royally screwed over... I've been reluctant to use Disk Utility Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks in advance!

Posted on Jul 24, 2014 5:43 PM

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Answer 1

Kappy

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Jul 24, 2014 5:46 PM in response to akashicwrecker

What leads you to believe you did not recover the space? Did Boot Camp Assistant fail to remove the partition and restore the drive to one partition?

Exactly what does your partition map look like in Disk Utility? Do a snapshot of it for us to see:

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Answer 2

Jul 24, 2014 5:46 PM in response to akashicwrecker

*I've been reluctant to use Disk Utility to repair the volume or restore permissions on the secondary HD yet, as I've heard too many accounts of people bricking entire HDs this way and would prefer to know what the right course of action even is before taking any further action. I used Boot Camp instead of Disk Utility specifically to NOT have this problem.
Sorry about that. There doesn't seem to be an edit button, either...
Many thanks!

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Answer 3

Jul 24, 2014 5:52 PM in response to akashicwrecker

^This is the current available space -- It hasn't budged from what it was before I deleted Windows.
^Then there's this, which I look at and think "Okay, so what's the problem?" There's not even any space to drag the HD2 partition out anymore. Should I stick the other files on this drive on en external and restore HD 2?

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Answer 4

Kappy

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Jul 24, 2014 6:06 PM in response to akashicwrecker

That drive is just fine. It is not empty, however, as shown by the blue shaded area. If you select the volume enter, Macintosh HD2, that should show you the capacity, available, and used space.

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