How to restore OS X after installing Windows in a single boot configuration
You can restore OS X in Internet Recovery Mode if you have a newer Mac:
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Boot to Internet Recovery Mode by pressing altcmdR. The prerequisites for an Internet Recovery are listed here: Recovery/Internet Recovery. In a few words you need the latest firmware update installed, either ethernet or WLAN (WPA/WPA2) and a router with DHCP activated for a successful internet recovery.
On a 50 Mbps-line it takes about 4 min (presenting a small animated globe) to boot to the Recovery Netboot image which is loaded from an Apple/Akamai server. -
Open Disk Utility and partition your internal disk: GUID partition scheme (use the "Options..." button at the bottom of the main pane for this), one partition, journaled HFS+.
Sometimes Disk Utility won't allow you to erase the internal disk: open Terminal and enter
diskutil umountDisk /dev/disk0
anddd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/disk0 bs=512 count=1
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Close Disk Utility
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Open Restore OS X and restore the original OS X. This will restore the OS X version your Mac came with.
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After rebooting and configuring your Mac open App Store, download and install Mac OS X Mavericks (if an older OS X version was installed previously).