How can I remove all partitions or format mac hard drive?

I did not use the Bootcamp assistant to remove Windows and repartition to a single drive, I erase it in the disk utility but the disk

is still there and take my hard drive space to 300 GB.


I googled it and tried to remove my partition with the disk utility from Recovery HD drive


but it say partition failed with the error couldn't unmount disk


Can someone please help

MacBook Pro, OS X Mavericks (10.9.4), Macbook Pro Late 2011

Posted on Aug 22, 2014 1:10 PM

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Aug 22, 2014 1:24 PM in response to Patlk

Backup your OS X system. You will have to completely repartition the hard drive, reinstall OS X, then restore your data from the backup.


Install Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion Using Internet Recovery


Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.


Boot to the Internet Recovery HD:


Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND-OPTION- R keys until a globe appears on the screen. Wait patiently - 15-20 minutes - until the Recovery main menu appears.


Partition and Format the hard drive:


  1. Select Disk Utility from the main menu and click on the Continue button.
  2. After DU loads select your newly installed hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
  3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed. Quit DU and return to the main menu.


Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion. Mavericks: Select Reinstall Lion/Mountain Lion, Mavericks and click on the Install button. Be sure to select the correct drive to use if you have more than one.


Note: You will need an active Internet connection. I suggest using Ethernet if possible because it is three times faster than wireless.


This should restore the version of OS X originally pre-installed on the computer.

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