Too many Boot Camp partitions?

pixelcrackpixelcrack
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
So today I made the switch from PC to Mac and have been transferring everything over to my new Macbook Pro. I installed Boot Camp with no problems and have Windows on the C: partition... but in OSX, I see one hard drive named "Macintosh HD" that's only 16gb and one called "Untitled" that has the majority of the hd space I allotted for OSX-- like 50gb. Why isn't the one with 50gb my main Mac HD/why do I have two in OSX? It's sort of obnoxious.



I'm assuming I can't consolidate them, and wanted to make sure this is normal or isn't going to cause problems as I set up my assorted media and folders... having never used this OS before, I feel like a complete infant. Any help is much appreciated.

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  • Reply 1 of 5
    kishankishan Posts: 732member
    If I understand you right, you put the majority of your hard drive into the Windows partition. Until you boot into windows and actually give the C: drive a name inside "My Computer", the Bootcamp partition will show up as "untitled". There is no way to consolidate the two as they are essentially two separate drives as far as OS X is concerned.
  • Reply 2 of 5
    pixelcrackpixelcrack Posts: 5member
    Thanks, that helps... now I understand that that Windows partition is also viewable by OSX-- I didn't think it would be.



    Still seems like a lot of space got eaten up on the OSX partition though-- I had 'em 50/50. A friend just told me that OSX takes up more hd space than Windows does, so I guess that makes sense.
  • Reply 3 of 5
    audiopollutionaudiopollution Posts: 3,226member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by PixelCrack


    Thanks, that helps... now I understand that that Windows partition is also viewable by OSX-- I didn't think it would be.



    Still seems like a lot of space got eaten up on the OSX partition though-- I had 'em 50/50. A friend just told me that OSX takes up more hd space than Windows does, so I guess that makes sense.



    The default installation of OSX comes with a lot of extra stuff, which you may not need, such as: language localizations, iLife data (Garageband loops, iMovie themes, etc.), printer drivers, and so on.



    Whenever I get a new Apple computer, the first thing I do is reinstall the OS and customize the install to leave that stuff out. Instant savings of quite a lot of space!
  • Reply 4 of 5
    pixelcrackpixelcrack Posts: 5member
    Good to know. I can delete all that stuff without having to reinstall the OS, right? In retrospect, I should've just done that, oh, four hours ago... before I moved all my files. ;P
  • Reply 5 of 5
    audiopollutionaudiopollution Posts: 3,226member
    Quote:
    Originally Posted by PixelCrack


    Good to know. I can delete all that stuff without having to reinstall the OS, right? In retrospect, I should've just done that, oh, four hours ago... before I moved all my files. ;P



    You can, just be careful. I'm sure if you Google, you'll find some lists of things that you can remove safely.
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