In the latter case choose the enlarged partition "Parallels" and click "Erase" to create a new HFS+ file system and rename the volume. If the sequence is (1: EFI) - 2: Parallels - 3: Untitled - 4: Backup either choose the superior Apple RAID device, "Erase" and repartition the RAID disk if you don't want to preserve "Backup" or choose the superior Apple RAID device, click "Partition", choose the "Untitled" partition in the new overlay and click the "-" button to combine "Parallels" and "Untitled" if you want to preserve "Backup". Determine the sequence of the partitions on the RAID.Enter diskutil list to get an overview.Open Terminal from the menubar -> Utilities.Boot to Recovery Mode by pressing cmd R.If the volume is empty don't backup anything. (Optional:) backup the content of the volume "Backup".I have not tried to Force Eject the Parallels "disk" that shows on my desktop, yet. You can try to eject the disk again or click Force Eject to eject it "The disk "Parallels wasn't ejected because one or more programs may Right clicking on the Parallels "disk" that shows on my desktop and selecting Eject "Parallels produces the following error message: Doing so gives me an error:ĭoing the same thing at the APPLE RAID Card Media that has Parallels under it gives me the same error.Ĭlicking the Unmount button in Disk Utility doesn't seem to do anything, no message at all. I've tried to use Disk Utility to Erase the Parallels volume. How can I get rid of Parallels, its partition, and everything previously associated with it (hopefully, short of a complete wipe of the machine, but I'll do that if necessary)?Īdditional things I've tried. Which just shows an empty Backup folder and some inaccessible virtual machines from the time of Snow Leopard. You can see that Parallels has some problems.Ĭommenters have noted the images look too small, but I think the main take-away is that First Aid on the Parallels volume fails.Īdditionally, the following screen shot shows what remains in the Parallels partition:
I ran Disk Utility - First Aid to see what it showed: It looks like someone has tried to remove Parallels in the past, reset the partition size, and deleted some files - kind of messy. I don't need or want Parallels and want to completely remove it and its partition. The last user of the machine had Parallels 3 running on it and it may be messing up the machine. 2 - 2.93 GHz Quad-core Intel Xenon processors.
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