Unable to delete or re-partition internal drive using Disk Utility
When using Disk Utility, after booting onto the recovery partition, I can't...
- Re-partition
- Delete partitions
- Repair partitions
partitioning macbook disk-utility
asked Oct 31 '13 at 17:19
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When using Disk Utility, after booting onto the recovery partition, I can't...
- Re-partition
- Delete partitions
- Repair partitions
partitioning macbook disk-utility
asked Oct 31 '13 at 17:19
cllpse
2023516
add a comment |
When using Disk Utility, after booting onto the recovery partition, I can't...
- Re-partition
- Delete partitions
- Repair partitions
partitioning macbook disk-utility
asked Oct 31 '13 at 17:19
cllpse
2023516
When using Disk Utility, after booting onto the recovery partition, I can't...
- Re-partition
- Delete partitions
- Repair partitions
partitioning macbook disk-utility
partitioning macbook disk-utility
asked Oct 31 '13 at 17:19
cllpse
2023516
asked Oct 31 '13 at 17:19
cllpse
2023516
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asked Oct 31 '13 at 17:19
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There are limits to how much you can do with your hard drive when you've booted the recovery partition. Even though the recovery partition is a separate partition, it still locks your drive to some extend, and prevents you from doing "live edits" - primarily modifying the partition table.
Instead of holding down the ALT key, and booting onto the recovery partition; hold down COMMAND + SHIFT + R -- doing this will download the utilities package from the Internet, and put it in memory. This "unlocks" your hard drive, and let's you re-partition it.
answered Oct 31 '13 at 17:19
cllpse
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That doesn't seem to work on my MacBook Pro, is there any way of being sure that it is using Internet-based utilities versus the internal disk.
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There are limits to how much you can do with your hard drive when you've booted the recovery partition. Even though the recovery partition is a separate partition, it still locks your drive to some extend, and prevents you from doing "live edits" - primarily modifying the partition table.
Instead of holding down the ALT key, and booting onto the recovery partition; hold down COMMAND + SHIFT + R -- doing this will download the utilities package from the Internet, and put it in memory. This "unlocks" your hard drive, and let's you re-partition it.
answered Oct 31 '13 at 17:19
cllpse
2023516
That doesn't seem to work on my MacBook Pro, is there any way of being sure that it is using Internet-based utilities versus the internal disk.
– Philip Kearns
Dec 9 '17 at 22:34
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There are limits to how much you can do with your hard drive when you've booted the recovery partition. Even though the recovery partition is a separate partition, it still locks your drive to some extend, and prevents you from doing "live edits" - primarily modifying the partition table.
Instead of holding down the ALT key, and booting onto the recovery partition; hold down COMMAND + SHIFT + R -- doing this will download the utilities package from the Internet, and put it in memory. This "unlocks" your hard drive, and let's you re-partition it.
answered Oct 31 '13 at 17:19
cllpse
2023516
That doesn't seem to work on my MacBook Pro, is there any way of being sure that it is using Internet-based utilities versus the internal disk.
– Philip Kearns
Dec 9 '17 at 22:34
add a comment |
There are limits to how much you can do with your hard drive when you've booted the recovery partition. Even though the recovery partition is a separate partition, it still locks your drive to some extend, and prevents you from doing "live edits" - primarily modifying the partition table.
Instead of holding down the ALT key, and booting onto the recovery partition; hold down COMMAND + SHIFT + R -- doing this will download the utilities package from the Internet, and put it in memory. This "unlocks" your hard drive, and let's you re-partition it.
answered Oct 31 '13 at 17:19
cllpse
2023516
There are limits to how much you can do with your hard drive when you've booted the recovery partition. Even though the recovery partition is a separate partition, it still locks your drive to some extend, and prevents you from doing "live edits" - primarily modifying the partition table.
Instead of holding down the ALT key, and booting onto the recovery partition; hold down COMMAND + SHIFT + R -- doing this will download the utilities package from the Internet, and put it in memory. This "unlocks" your hard drive, and let's you re-partition it.
answered Oct 31 '13 at 17:19
cllpse
2023516
answered Oct 31 '13 at 17:19
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answered Oct 31 '13 at 17:19
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answered Oct 31 '13 at 17:19
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That doesn't seem to work on my MacBook Pro, is there any way of being sure that it is using Internet-based utilities versus the internal disk.
– Philip Kearns
Dec 9 '17 at 22:34
add a comment |
That doesn't seem to work on my MacBook Pro, is there any way of being sure that it is using Internet-based utilities versus the internal disk.
– Philip Kearns
Dec 9 '17 at 22:34
That doesn't seem to work on my MacBook Pro, is there any way of being sure that it is using Internet-based utilities versus the internal disk.
– Philip Kearns
Dec 9 '17 at 22:34
That doesn't seem to work on my MacBook Pro, is there any way of being sure that it is using Internet-based utilities versus the internal disk.
– Philip Kearns
Dec 9 '17 at 22:34
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