Q: Ran Bootcamp, now have an invisible 30gb partition

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Ian999

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Q: Ran Bootcamp, now have an invisible 30gb partition

Help needed. I ran Bootcamp to install windows (obviously). All went well, rebooted, and nothing. The straight Mac experience. No sign of the win. All I have is a missing 30gbs. This partition is invisible to Disk utility.

Any suggestions as to how I can delete this partition? Thanks.

MacBook Air, OS X El Capitan (10.11)

Posted on Feb 11, 2016 11:00 PM

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by Loner T,

Loner T Feb 12, 2016 9:22 AM in response to Ian999
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Feb 12, 2016 9:22 AM in response to Ian999

BCA can fail while creating partitions.

Can you post the output of the following OSX Terminal commands?

diskutil list
diskutil cs list
sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0
sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

The "sudo" commands will prompt for your password, and it will not be echoed back. You may also see a warning about improper use of "sudo" and potential data loss due to "abuse" of the command.
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Ian999 Feb 12, 2016 5:49 PM in response to Loner T
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Feb 12, 2016 5:49 PM in response to Loner T

Thanks for the reply. Here is the output.

gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=500277790720; sectorsize=512; blocks=977105060
gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 977105059
      start       size index contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6
         40     409600      1 GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640 975425840      2 GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
975835480    1269544      3 GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
977105024          3
977105027         32         Sec GPT table
977105059          1         Sec GPT header
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Loner T Feb 12, 2016 5:54 PM in response to Ian999
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Feb 12, 2016 5:54 PM in response to Ian999

Can you post the output of diskutil cs list?
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Ian999 Feb 12, 2016 6:08 PM in response to Loner T
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Feb 12, 2016 6:08 PM in response to Loner T

Here it is:

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 6C6A3224-4CE2-4C9E-B855-A3B4B293A74A
    =========================================================
    Name:         The Garden
    Status:       Online
    Size:         499418030080 B (499.4 GB)
    Free Space:   31998951424 B (32.0 GB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume D3111097-D4D0-41AA-9386-C3044127EB6E
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     499418030080 B (499.4 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family DC4F222C-31C7-43CA-B50A-4B54DEE9D56A
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Conversion Status:       Complete
        High Level Queries:      Fully Secure
        |                        Passphrase Required
        |                        Accepts New Users
        |                        Has Visible Users
        |                        Has Volume Key
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 1186F0BF-8586-4158-B847-09C7117298AA
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          467082481664 B (467.1 GB)
            Revertible:            No
            Revert Status:         Reboot required
            LV Name:               The Garden
            Volume Name:           The Garden
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS
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Loner T Feb 12, 2016 7:18 PM in response to Ian999
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Feb 12, 2016 7:18 PM in response to Ian999

Free Space:   31998951424 B (32.0 GB)
This is your 'lost' 32Gb.

Please run

diskutil cs resizeVolume 1186F0BF-8586-4158-B847-09C7117298AA 0g

Here is the syntax. See the underlined part. You may also need to run diskutil repairDisk disk0 in Internet Recovery to get the OS to rebuild it.

diskutil cs resizeVolume

Usage: diskutil coreStorage resizeVolume

        lvUUID|MountPoint|DiskIdentifier|DeviceNode size

Resize a logical volume, which is one of one or more disks that consume storage

out of a logical volume group. The logical volume group will have more or less

available space after this operation, if it was a shrink or grow, respectively.

Specifying zero as the size asks for an "automatic" fit-to-fill-LVG operation.

Example: diskutil coreStorage resizeVolume

         11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555 10g
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Ian999 Feb 12, 2016 9:55 PM in response to Loner T
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Feb 12, 2016 9:55 PM in response to Loner T

Hi,
I ran the command. I got an error message ? :

Traveller:~ Traveller$ diskutil cs resizeVolume 1186F0BF-8586-4158-B847-09C7117298AA 0g
The Core Storage Logical Volume UUID is 1186F0BF-8586-4158-B847-09C7117298AA
Started CoreStorage operation
Error: -69674: The provided Core Storage logical volume has an incorrect size; you should run whole-disk repair
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Loner T Feb 12, 2016 10:02 PM in response to Ian999
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Feb 12, 2016 10:02 PM in response to Ian999

As expected. This is the reason I mentioned the repairDisk previously. Boot into Internet Recovery (not Local Recovery) and run

diskutil repairDisk disk0

Post the output of the command and check diskutil cs list to see the status of Free Space.
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Ian999 Feb 12, 2016 10:13 PM in response to Ian999
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Feb 12, 2016 10:13 PM in response to Ian999

I am trying to find how to reboot into internet recovery mode. I do have a bootable usb flash drive. Can I use that?
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Ian999 Feb 12, 2016 10:51 PM in response to Loner T
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Feb 12, 2016 10:51 PM in response to Loner T

I ran the diskutil repairDisk disk0

Here is the output.

CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 6C6A3224-4CE2-4C9E-B855-A3B4B293A74A
    =========================================================
    Name:         The Garden
    Status:       Online
    Size:         499418030080 B (499.4 GB)
    Free Space:   31998951424 B (32.0 GB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume D3111097-D4D0-41AA-9386-C3044127EB6E
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     499418030080 B (499.4 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family DC4F222C-31C7-43CA-B50A-4B54DEE9D56A
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Conversion Status:       Complete
        High Level Queries:      Fully Secure
        |                        Passphrase Required
        |                        Accepts New Users
        |                        Has Visible Users
        |                        Has Volume Key
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 1186F0BF-8586-4158-B847-09C7117298AA
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          467082481664 B (467.1 GB)
            Revertible:            No
            Revert Status:         Reboot required
            LV Name:               The Garden
            Volume Name:           The Garden
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS
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by Loner T,

Loner T Feb 13, 2016 5:54 AM in response to Ian999
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Feb 13, 2016 5:54 AM in response to Ian999

1. Do you still have the output of the repairDisk command?
2. You CS volume still shows. Can you reboot and check the output of diskutil cs list? The CS LVG/LV should correct the Free Space summary after the cs resizeVolume.

Revertible: No

Revert Status: Reboot required
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by Ian999,

Ian999 Feb 13, 2016 6:42 PM in response to Loner T
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Feb 13, 2016 6:42 PM in response to Loner T

Thanks Loner. It is Vals Day morning in Bangkok. So busy for a few hours with the gf. Will get back to the Mac later.
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Loner T Feb 13, 2016 6:45 PM in response to Ian999
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Feb 13, 2016 6:45 PM in response to Ian999

The Mac can wait. . Happy Valentine's Day to you and your GF! Enjoy!
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Ian999 Feb 13, 2016 11:21 PM in response to Loner T
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Feb 13, 2016 11:21 PM in response to Loner T

A man must prioritize!

I rebooted into internet recovery, and ran the two commands. How does that look? Still missing 30gbs.

Hope you are having fun on Val's Day.

Ian

-bash-3.2# diskutil cs list
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 6C6A3224-4CE2-4C9E-B855-A3B4B293A74A
    =========================================================
    Name:         The Garden
    Status:       Online
    Size:         499418030080 B (499.4 GB)
    Free Space:   32015724544 B (32.0 GB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume D3111097-D4D0-41AA-9386-C3044127EB6E
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     499418030080 B (499.4 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family DC4F222C-31C7-43CA-B50A-4B54DEE9D56A
        ----------------------------------------------------------
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
        Conversion Status:       Complete
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   Yes
        Fully Secure:            Yes
        Passphrase Required:     Yes
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 1186F0BF-8586-4158-B847-09C7117298AA
            ---------------------------------------------------
            Disk:               disk13
            Status:             Online
            Size (Total):       467082481664 B (467.1 GB)
            Size (Converted):   -none-
            Revertible:         No
            LV Name:            The Garden
            Volume Name:        The Garden
            Content Hint:       Apple_HFS
-bash-3.2#

-bash-3.2# diskutil repairDisk disk0
Repairing the partition map might erase disk0s1, proceed? (y/N) y
Started partition map repair on disk0
Checking prerequisites
Checking the partition list
Adjusting partition map to fit whole disk as required
Checking for an EFI system partition
Checking the EFI system partition's size
Checking the EFI system partition's file system
Checking all HFS data partition loader spaces
Reviewing boot support loaders
Checking Core Storage Physical Volume partitions
Checking storage system
Checking volume
disk0s2: Scan for Volume Headers
disk0s2: Scan for Disk Labels
Logical Volume Group 6C6A3224-4CE2-4C9E-B855-A3B4B293A74A on 1 device
disk0s2: Scan for Metadata Volume
Logical Volume Group has a 17 MB Metadata Volume with double redundancy
Start scanning metadata for a valid checkpoint
Load and verify Segment Headers
Load and verify Checkpoint Payload
Load and verify Transaction Segment
Incorporate 0 newer non-checkpoint transactions
Load and verify Virtual Address Table
Load and verify Segment Usage Table
Load and verify Metadata Superblock
Load and verify Logical Volumes B-Trees
Logical Volume Group contains 1 Logical Volume
Load and verify DC4F222C-31C7-43CA-B50A-4B54DEE9D56A
Load and verify 1186F0BF-8586-4158-B847-09C7117298AA
Load and verify Freespace Summary
Load and verify Block Accounting
Load and verify Live Virtual Addresses
Newest transaction commit checkpoint is valid
Load and verify Segment Cleaning
The volume 6C6A3224-4CE2-4C9E-B855-A3B4B293A74A appears to be OK
Checking storage system
Checking volume
disk0s2: Scan for Volume Headers
disk0s2: Scan for Disk Labels
Logical Volume Group 6C6A3224-4CE2-4C9E-B855-A3B4B293A74A on 1 device
disk0s2: Scan for Metadata Volume
Logical Volume Group has a 17 MB Metadata Volume with double redundancy
Start scanning metadata for a valid checkpoint
Load and verify Segment Headers
Load and verify Checkpoint Payload
Load and verify Transaction Segment
Incorporate 0 newer non-checkpoint transactions
Load and verify Virtual Address Table
Load and verify Segment Usage Table
Load and verify Metadata Superblock
Load and verify Logical Volumes B-Trees
Logical Volume Group contains 1 Logical Volume
Load and verify DC4F222C-31C7-43CA-B50A-4B54DEE9D56A
Load and verify 1186F0BF-8586-4158-B847-09C7117298AA
Load and verify Freespace Summary
Load and verify Block Accounting
Load and verify Live Virtual Addresses
Newest transaction commit checkpoint is valid
Load and verify Segment Cleaning
The volume 6C6A3224-4CE2-4C9E-B855-A3B4B293A74A appears to be OK
Updating Windows boot.ini files as required
The partition map appears to be OK
Finished partition map repair on disk0
-bash-3.2# ls
.forward    Library
-bash-3.2#
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by Loner T,

Loner T Feb 14, 2016 6:06 AM in response to Ian999
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Feb 14, 2016 6:06 AM in response to Ian999

Can you run

diskutil cs resizeVolume 1186F0BF-8586-4158-B847-09C7117298AA 499418030080B

Please post the output of the command.
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