Ok so I ran into a weird problem, and after searching for a while I can’t seem to find a solution.
Can’t find anyone else who has had the same problem either.
I’m currently running a 2012 RMBP. I had bootcamp installed running Windows 7.
Today I wanted to remove the Bootcamp partition to free up some space on my HD.
So I went to Bootcamp Utility and selected the option to restore Mac to 1 partition and remove bootcamp
After a while it gives me an error message, something like “cannot remove bootcamp partition or restore mac to single partition”
Ok…
But not the bootcamp partition is gone from the bootcamp utility. It’s also gone from Disk utility and the Finder.
But the space that the partition was occupying (about 20+ gigs) did not change.
So it’s like it’s still there but I cannot erase it or get that space back for some reason.
I’ve tried everything. I tried rebooting using CMD+R and going to disk utilities from there also. But the bootcamp partition
doesn’t show up at all. But the space it was taking is still there.
Also in Disk Utility I cannot “erase free space”, it’s greyed out. I can’t do anything. It’s like the bootcamp partition is gone, but
the space is still being taken up. So it was never really removed.
I don’t know what else to do. Any ideas? Has this happened to anyone else?