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Q: how to remove two bootcamp partitions

Hi alla

I have created by accident, two bootcamp partitions, of course I can't install my winclone image. So I wanted to remove the partitions with bootcamp, but can't. What's the solution then ?

thanks

Posted on Sep 23, 2016 1:15 AM

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  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Sep 23, 2016 9:23 AM in response to allowin
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    Sep 23, 2016 9:23 AM in response to allowin

    Have you tried using Boot Camp Assistant to remove one partition?

  • by allowin,

    allowin allowin Sep 24, 2016 5:46 AM in response to Eric Root
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    Sep 24, 2016 5:46 AM in response to Eric Root

    as i said, I tried to remove the partitions with bootcamp, but can't. I used disk utility, I removed the partitions one by one and enlarge the disk partition manually.

    Now, my problem is to reistall my bootcam. have an image made by winclone, after three times try I always get a meessage< errors found, or something like this> and winclone stops, then loose my bootcamp patition created with Bootcamp Assistant, or part of it. 

    A smaller partition remains in my drive wich is the exact size of my winclone image.

    I ha read a lot about this operation, think I did every thing pefrect, but none.

    All I wanted is to get a bigger drive for my snow leopard and Bootcamp,n from original 120 Gb to 160 Gb.

    It's been three nights a long

  • by Eric Root,

    Eric Root Eric Root Sep 24, 2016 7:59 AM in response to allowin
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    Sep 24, 2016 7:59 AM in response to allowin

    Do a backup,  preferably 2 separate ones on 2 drives. Boot off the DVD and run Disk Utility Verify/Repair Disk and Repair Permissions until you get no errors.  Reformat the drive using Disk Utility/Erase Mac OS Extended (Journaled), then click the Option button and select GUID. Then re-install the OS.

     

    When you reboot, use Setup Assistant to restore your data.

     

    Then use Boot Camp Assistant to install the Windows partition.

  • by allowin,

    allowin allowin Sep 25, 2016 10:32 AM in response to Eric Root
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    Sep 25, 2016 10:32 AM in response to Eric Root

    sorry, I didn't get it !

    I have my original drive with two partitions10.6.8 and Bootcamp ( windows installed)

    So I want a bigger drive, I have already moved 10.6.8 with super duper  on the new drive. I made a clone of my windows partition with winclone. Then I made a partition with Bootcamp assistant on then new drive. At then moment I boot with the new bigger drive with my 10.6.8, and I want to move windows to the partition on the new drive. I think, In my case Bootcamp assistant can't move my widows partition. Of course if I wanted to install windows from the beginnings, then it would be all right, but I don't because I have all my programms and preferences that I don't wanna loose, and it's saving time too, isn't it ?

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Sep 25, 2016 10:51 AM in response to allowin
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    Sep 25, 2016 10:51 AM in response to allowin

    What is the version of Winclone? Was the Winclone source image created on Snow Leopard 10.6.8?

     

    From OS X Terminal, can you post the output of

     

    diskutil list

    sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

  • by allowin,

    allowin allowin Sep 25, 2016 1:44 PM in response to Loner T
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    Sep 25, 2016 1:44 PM in response to Loner T

    winclone 2.2, the image was created with winclone on snow leopard 10.6.8

    sorry, ask me any thing but not to touch the terminal, not yet !

    I'm working on another mac, I shut down the one i'm upgrading, i can do it later.

    I stopped doing anything cause I had errors three times. All I read sounds so far from what I am expecting. Maybe this version of winclobne that works with snow leopard is not fully working ? any how it's simply complicated to work with winclone

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Sep 25, 2016 2:13 PM in response to allowin
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    Sep 25, 2016 2:13 PM in response to allowin

    In Application -> Utilities -> Console type Winclone in the top right search box type 'winclone' and search. What are the error messages? If you can, select all the messages and post them as a reply.

     

    Terminal commands are not needed yet. Post back when you are ready to tackle this again.

  • by allowin,

    allowin allowin Sep 25, 2016 5:04 PM in response to Loner T
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    Sep 25, 2016 5:04 PM in response to Loner T

    ok, this the last part in the winclone Log, that concerns the error, I think,  or the beginnings of restoring:

     

    /usr/sbin/asr restore --noverify --puppetstrings -noprompt -erase --source "/Volumes/Shiba750/Window.winclone/Windows.dmg" --target "/dev/disk0s3" 1>&2

    XSTA start 153 client

    XSTA setup

      Validating target...done

    XSTA metadata

      Validating source...done

      Repartitioning target device...

    Source image volume size is not an exact multiple of 1 MiB

    XSTA fail

    return value of /usr/sbin/asr restore --noverify --puppetstrings -noprompt -erase --source "/Volumes/Shiba750/Window.winclone/Windows.dmg" --target "/dev/disk0s3" 1>&2 is 256

     

    /usr/sbin/asr restore --noverify --puppetstrings -noprompt -erase --source "/Volumes/Shiba750/Window.winclone/Windows.dmg" --target "/dev/disk0s3" 1>&2 did not complete successfully

    cleaning up: Mounting Disk

    Volume on disk0s3 failed to mount

    Sat Sep 24 06:39:35 CEST 2016

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Sep 25, 2016 5:09 PM in response to allowin
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    Sep 25, 2016 5:09 PM in response to allowin

    Now we need some Terminal commands...

     

    diskutil list

    sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

     

    The "sudo" command will prompt you for your password.

  • by allowin,

    allowin allowin Sep 25, 2016 5:13 PM in response to allowin
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    Sep 25, 2016 5:13 PM in response to allowin

    Window.winclone is the name I gave to my Bootcamp partition image made with winclone

  • by allowin,

    allowin allowin Sep 25, 2016 5:15 PM in response to allowin
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    Sep 25, 2016 5:15 PM in response to allowin

    Please explain to me what these commands for ?

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Sep 25, 2016 5:26 PM in response to allowin
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    Sep 25, 2016 5:26 PM in response to allowin

    They show the disk partitions and the GPT partition table. In Terminal, you can type man diskutil and man gpt to see more details of each command.

  • by allowin,

    allowin allowin Sep 25, 2016 5:44 PM in response to Loner T
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    Sep 25, 2016 5:44 PM in response to Loner T

    /dev/disk0

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *160.0 GB   disk0

       1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1

       2:                  Apple_HFS Atlas                   114.0 GB   disk0s2

       3:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                45.7 GB    disk0s3

    /dev/disk1

       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER

       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *750.2 GB   disk1

       1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk1s1

       2:                  Apple_HFS Shiba750                749.8 GB   disk1s2

    Asturias:~ Home$

    Asturias:~ Home$ sudo gpt -vv -r show /dev/disk0

     

     

    WARNING: Improper use of the sudo command could lead to data loss

    or the deletion of important system files. Please double-check your

    typing when using sudo. Type "man sudo" for more information.

     

     

    To proceed, enter your password, or type Ctrl-C to abort.

     

     

    Password:

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=160041885696; sectorsize=512; blocks=312581808

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Suspicious MBR at sector 0

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1

    gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 312581807

          start       size  index  contents

              0          1         MBR

              1          1         Pri GPT header

              2         32         Pri GPT table

             34          6        

             40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

         409640  222656256      2  GPT part - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

      223065896     262360        

      223328256   89251840      3  GPT part - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7

      312580096       1679        

      312581775         32         Sec GPT table

      312581807          1         Sec GPT header

    Asturias:~ Home$

  • by Loner T,

    Loner T Loner T Sep 25, 2016 5:48 PM in response to allowin
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    Sep 25, 2016 5:48 PM in response to allowin

    Do you have any third-party NTFS software - Tuxera, Paragon, NTFS-3g, MacDrive,... ?

     

    The following command will dump the first block of the NTFS header.

     

    sudo dd if=/dev/rdisk0s3 count=1 2>/dev/null | hexdump -C

     

    The following command will display the Hybrid MBR.

     

    sudo fdisk /dev/disk0

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