Q: Bootcamp Help - Missing Partition
Hello, I tried to install Windows 10 using bootcamp.
It seemed to be working fine, then restarted in to OS X. (running OS X 10.11.6) When I look for the partition, it is nowhere to be found. I have a 500GB hard drive and currently it's showing only 370 available. Disk utility only shows one disk. I tried to uninstall windows using bootcamp, now it will only prompt to install again but I don't have the partition space anymore.
Would love to just restore it back to one partition, or if possible properly install windows. I appreciate any help.
MacBook Pro with Retina display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.6), null
Posted on Sep 16, 2016 8:05 PM
Update: I tend to be a little impatient so I stayed up last night looking for a solution to the problem. I thought I was running into all of the errors because I was still booted from part of the internal hard drive. So, in case you're no longer interested, I've fixed the problem. I really appreciate your help getting there.
What I did:
1) Created a bootable OS X usb from this guide
2) Booted from usb, then opened disk utility to make sure nothing had changed
3) Opened terminal in recovery mode
4) ran command: diskutil mergePartitions jhfs+ "Macintosh HD" disk0s2 disk0s4
(that is where your help was really valuable; this time it didn't throw an error and worked successfully)
5) Once the full partition was back, I reinstalled OS X from the usb, and then downloaded my files from my TM backup.
I woke up today to a working computer with its full partition space again. LonerT, I greatly appreciate all of your help, even though I was sometimes too impatient and caused new problems. But I highly recommend this solution to anyone experiencing similar problems.
Posted on Sep 18, 2016 7:40 AM