Hello,
I recently installed windows using bootcamp onto my MacBook Pro with macOS High Sierra. I now want to uninstall it and remove the partition but when I open up Boot Camp Assistant again it says "The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition."
How do I go about fixing this?
Thanks in advance
MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS High Sierra (10.13.3)
Last login: Sat Feb 24 18:51:37 on ttys000
Jacobs-MacBook-Pro:~ jacobjoss$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0 (internal, physical):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *251.0 GB
disk0
1: EFI EFI 209.7 MB
disk0s1
2: Microsoft Reserved 16.8 MB disk0s2
3: Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP 36.4 GB disk0s3
4: Apple_APFS Container disk1 166.0 GB
disk0s4
5: Microsoft Basic Data OSXRESERVED 8.0 GB disk0s5
6: Apple_HFS UNTITLED 40.3 GB disk0s6
/dev/disk1 (synthesized):
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: APFS Container Scheme - +166.0 GB
disk1
Physical Store disk0s4
1: APFS Volume Untitled 2 56.2 GB disk1s1
2: APFS Volume Preboot 20.7 MB disk1s2
3: APFS Volume Recovery 509.8 MB
disk1s3
4: APFS Volume VM 2.1 GB disk1s4
Jacobs-MacBook-Pro:~ jacobjoss$
Your current layout does not permit a clean merge, because the APFS part is sandwiched between two Microsoft parts.
You will need to erase the whole disk in Internet Recovery and re-install macOS and restore your files later.
After you complete the backup, boot into Internet Recovery using Command +Opt+R, run Disk Utility and click on the outermost disk and choose Erase, then quit DU, Restore your backup.
From macOS Terminal, post the output of
diskutil list
Do you have a Time Machine backup? If not can you create one now?
I dont have an external hard drive to back up to but I have all my files backed up on a flash drive
Actually I found an external hard drive and I am doing a time machine back up now
Excellent.
Ok how should I go about doing that?
Removing BootCamp Partition
