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Lost Space After Removing Bootcamp Partition

After upgrading my computer to Yosemite I noticed my Windows 7 partition was no longer a boot option. After trying and failing at several things to fix the problem I decided to cut my losses and just reformat the partition. However, Disk Utility raised and error when trying to remove the partition (MediaKit reports no such partition...). I booted in Single user mode and ran fsck -fy and the rogue partition is gone, and Disk Utility is reporting that my Hard drive has a capacity of 250 GB (as it should). But the single Macintosh HD Partition still reports only a capacity of 173 GB, as it did when my drive was still partitioned.

I would just really like to know where those ~75 GB went and if/how I can get them back.

Thanks in advance.

MacBook Pro

Posted on Mar 19, 2015 8:12 PM

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us1985mc

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Oct 24, 2015 1:12 AM in response to Loner T

Loner T,

I started a new discussion at this link and posted the updated status.

Loss of hard drive space when Bootcamp Partition was removed

Dec 19, 2015 7:07 AM in response to Loner T

Uh.... thing is....

I did this without doing any of these things you posted.

There was a very easy solution, by running disk utility.

Step 1: Run first aid on your top disk.

Step 2: Click partition and drag the 101 gb or whatever amount (will be white in yosemite and el capitan) into 0, and fill the circle.

Step 3: Run the partition.

WARNING: Will lag your computer for sure, this is normal. Just let it run. It takes a long time while checking catalog files, so don't try to quit it, if you do you will have to reboot and start everything again.

Step 4: check your storage by clicking on your apple sign and about your mac one.

Step 5: If it does not work, redo these steps.

This worked for me instantly.

Lost Space After Removing Bootcamp Partition