Can I go ahead and delete OSXRESERVED from my partition list?

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Can I go ahead and delete OSXRESERVED from my partition list?

I bootcamp'd W10 at the beginning of the year for school, and have graduated, no longer needing it, and having switched its license to my desktop.

Given this, can I delete OSXRESERVED, and expand my main partition fully, with no issues?

I've read that there are some unique files saved to OSXRESERVED that deal with OSX boot processes, but given that it was created when I initially bootcamp'd W10, I'm skeptical of the claim.

MacBook Air (13-inch, Early 2015), OS X El Capitan (10.11.5)

Posted on Jun 27, 2016 8:34 AM

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Answer 1

macjack

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Jun 27, 2016 8:39 AM in response to murdockpt

It's only possible to delete the first GUID partition, so you need to reformat to delete it. That would mean deleting OS X partition also. If you plan to reformat, be sure to have a good backup first.

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Answer 2

Jun 27, 2016 8:43 AM in response to murdockpt

You should just use boot camp assistant to remove windows 10. Don't use other utilities when it does it for you.

https://help.apple.com/bootcamp/assistant/6.0/#/bcmp59c41c31

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murdockpt Author

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Jun 27, 2016 8:59 AM in response to Community User

I tried doing this initially, but it never recognized that the partition was created through bootcamp, so i could never make it past the first window.

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Answer 4

Loner T

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Jun 27, 2016 11:36 AM in response to murdockpt

OSXRESERVED is normally deleted once Bootcamp is installed. If it was not deleted, then you can use Time Machine to clean up as noted in Re: failed windows 8.1 installation through bootcamp .

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