Nick Horvath
Level 1
(0 points)
Q: During partition Macbook shutdown, partition still on Hard Drive
Tonight I went to use Bootcamp to get Windows 8.1 on my MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013) running El Capitan 10.11.3. I had roughly 120gb on my hard drive before I started. My Macbook has been charging the whole time.
I have my serial number for 8.1 so I was going to install 8.1 then update to 10. I had the .ISO on my desktop and I was using a 16gb flash drive. Everything was going well (it did seem to take a bit to download the necessary files to the flash drive) and when I got the next step to partition my hard drive I chose 50gb for Windows. It started partitioning and I got up to got up for a second and of course when I got back it was at the login screen to type in my password. I thought for a second it finished, but then it said it had to shut down unexpectedly.
I went to open bootcamp and it just took me to the beginning steps. Now my problem is that I have 50gb taken from the partition and I do not know how to get it back. I restarted my Macbook, CMD+R, went to disk utility and ran First Aid on the Hard Drive. It was successfully ran, but my hard drive is still missing that 50gb. I restarted and went to disk utility on my desktop and did the same thing. This time the First Aid took a little longer to run so I thought I had it, but those 50gb are still missing.
Does anyone know how I can get those 50gb back? I would prefer not to format my hard drive and start fresh. I just want to get those 50gb back. Also, if anyone has the answer as to why it shut down mid partition that would be awesome as well so I can make sure I do it correctly this time around.
Thank you.
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.3), Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013
Loner T
Level 7
(23,898 points)
Notice the Free Space line in the output of diskutil cs list . This is where your space is 'stuck'. It is because BCA failed in phase 2 where it was supposed to create the FAT32 part with this Free Space.
The simplest and safest method to get your disk space back is
1. Backup OSX and all your files - Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac - Apple Support .
2. Boot into Internet Recovery (Command+Opt+R) - OS X: About OS X Recovery - Apple Support .
3. Click on Utilties -> Disk Utility and Erase your internal whole disk.
4. Restore OSX and your files - Use Time Machine to back up or restore your Mac - Apple Support .
This requires a separate external disk which can accommodate TM backup - Backup disks you can use with Time Machine - Apple Support .
