tidal Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 - Boot the LIVE Ubuntu CD into the GUI (Graphical User Interface) - Open the terminal application by right-clicking on the desktop and selecting "Terminal" - type at prompt: sudo cfdisk - use your down-arrow key to toggle to your unpartitioned space (the rest of your drive) - (Don't format the primary partition or OS X goes bye-bye) - Type Shift-T for "Type" - hit ENTER to scroll through the list of partition formats - type: AF hit ENTER - (now you need to write the changes to the drive) - type: Shift-W - hit ENTER - type yes - wait a few seconds and it will be written as a Unknown(AF) partition - reboot into OS X - Start Disk Utility - Select Partition - Select Erase Tab - Volume Format should be Mac OS Extended - Define Name and hit Erase Borrowed from suk_me on 360hacker Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/266-get-your-hd-space-back/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyl Posted August 14, 2005 Share Posted August 14, 2005 - Boot the LIVE Ubuntu CD into the GUI (Graphical User Interface)- Open the terminal application by right-clicking on the desktop and selecting "Terminal" - type at prompt: sudo cfdisk - use your down-arrow key to toggle to your unpartitioned space (the rest of your drive) - (Don't format the primary partition or OS X goes bye-bye) - Type Shift-T for "Type" - hit ENTER to scroll through the list of partition formats - type: AF hit ENTER - (now you need to write the changes to the drive) - type: Shift-W - hit ENTER - type yes - wait a few seconds and it will be written as a Unknown(AF) partition - reboot into OS X - Start Disk Utility - Select Partition - Select Erase Tab - Volume Format should be Mac OS Extended - Define Name and hit Erase Borrowed from suk_me on 360hacker <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks a lot!! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/266-get-your-hd-space-back/#findComment-1909 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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