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Deleted my windows partition and it showed up as "Free space" and when I try to make another one it doesn't save correctly when i click "apply" and the free space won't blend with my original partition. please help 😟
Im trying to reinstall my windows portion because i got a virus and now my partitions aren't working right.
MacBook Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)
You have removed the partition. It cannot be reconnected to the main partition very easily because you are now using CoreStorage devices. You can convert the disk back to an HFS+ volume using the Terminal application if you feel you can handle that.
BTW, you did not have to remove the Windows volume to re-install Windows. All you needed to do was use Windows recovery on the installer DVD to erase the volume.
Oh sorry I didn't know that. How do fix it using the Terminal, if you give me the steps i should be able to figure it out.
Open the Terminal application. At the prompt paste the following:
diskutil cs list
Press RETURN.
In the listing you should see a line or two for your Macintosh HD. One of the lines will identify itself as a logical volume. You want the device identifier for that entry. It should look like diskn, where n is an integer - like disk0. Write that down or remember it. Next, paste
sudo diskutil cs revert /dev/diskn
Substitute the real entry for diskn that you wrote down. Press RETURN. You will be prompted for your admin password. Enter it. It will not echo to the window. Press RETURN, again. After the prompt returns restart the computer.
You should now be able to stretch the startup volume to its full size in Disk Utility.
I did what you said, and it still showed up as "Free Space" Its not letting me create another volume, or stretch the old one. I don't know what else to do. I can't
have this problem forever. 😟 and theres a big chunk of space that i can't use.
With the Free Space area highlighted as you have, type a name in the Name box, and click on the drop down and see if DU will let you reformat it as Mac OS X Extended Journaled? If it does, let it be reformatted. It can then be absorbed into the CS volume, as available space.
I tried doing that multiple times but every time I click apply afterwards, it doesn't apply, and when I click somewhere else it goes back to Free space. 😟
BTW, i just realized it asked me for my passphrase, whats that? i entered my PW before. and that must have been why i didn't change.
Is it now a Mac HFS Extended Journaled partition? Can you post a screen shot?
Can you post the output of the following OSX Terminal command?
sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
Sudo commands will prompt you for your password. The command may also warn you about improper use and potential data loss, if used incorrectly.
Nope, still the same, and i discovered that the dots don't move when i try to type the PW in, idk if its suppost to do that but it doesn't seem to receive anything i type in for the PW and passphrase.
You cannot do what you want because your volume is still being encrypted. See the conversion status and progress. You have to wait till it finishes, or if it has been running for long, the FileVault issues need to be addressed first.
Oooohhhh, That would explain why Vault keeps telling me to charge my computer to encrypt. Thanks so much, I'm gunna wait and try again.
Please plug-in your power adapter and leave the lid open, so FV can finish what it is doing. No partition changes are allowed till FV is complete.
I finished what vault was trying to do, now they both look like this. I put in the code again and it gave me this error instead, what does this mean? Please help. I still can't fix my partition.
You cannot revert this back to JHFS+ file system. Look at Revertible : No right above the first Macintosh HD entry. The Encryption status is already unlocked.
Can you now try to convert the Free Space to a Mac OSX Extended Journaled file system instead of Free Space or try Kappy's suggestion of dragging the bottom right corner of Macintosh HD to the very end bottom.
Yes! OMG Thank you guys so much. Im very grateful, I will defiantly learn from my mistake next time. I was able to stretch out my partition to its full size. 🙂 My next step is to reinstall windows bootcamp portion. thanks again, for helping me.
Deleted windows partition shows up as "free space" help
