Q: 90GB Storage lost after Boot Camp Partition..

Hello,

Went into boot camp with the aim of installing windows, set up the partition to give 90GB of my 500GB hard drive to Windows.

After boot camp finished installing windows and drivers etc, it restarted and was super slow, didn't give the option to start in windows so I assumed something went wrong with the installation. So I then removed the partition via boot camp, however this still left my macbook super slow (at start up, and sometimes RAM usage would be huge for no reason causing lag).

So I decided to erase my macbook drive and reinstall OS X.

This hasn't solved it, and I am still left with my mac saying the physical maximum memory of my HD is ~ 406GB (missing the 90GB).

My model is Early 2015 MacBook Pro.

Please Help!!

MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch,Early 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.3)

Posted on Mar 2, 2016 10:18 AM

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Jordan Keanu King Mar 2, 2016 11:08 AM in response to Jordan Keanu King
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Mar 2, 2016 11:08 AM in response to Jordan Keanu King

Just some screen shots to help explain what the issue is..
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Loner T Mar 2, 2016 7:26 PM in response to Jordan Keanu King
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Mar 2, 2016 7:26 PM in response to Jordan Keanu King

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 .
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