[privilege]

So, I am running better of the two macbook pros, stock, and I recently installed the boot camp assistant and get to the partition part, I then choose to give xp 32gb of space. So it begins to partition, then a message pops up saying:
"The disk cannot be partitioned because verification failed.
Use disk utility to repair the disk"

I then proceed to open up Disk utility. For the first disk in the list which is the 'Fujitsu MHW2120BH 120BH Media' the option to 'Repair Disk' is faded away, so I cannot repair the disk. Although, Verify Disk Permitions, Repair Disk Permitions and Verify Disk are all selectable. I can verify and repair the disk permissions no problem, but when I select 'verify disk' it begins verification, then after a while a box comes up that says 'Disk Utility stopped verifying "Macintosh HD" because the following error was ecountered: The underlying task reported failure on exit.' Then in the disk utility dialogue box it says:
"573393 /Users/charliepermezel/Library/Application Support/Adium 2.0/Users/Default/libgaim/icons/1b167a2e
Checking volume bitmap.
Volume Bit Map needs minor repair
Checking volume information.
Invalid volume free block count
(It should be 23826238 instead of 23826239)
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.

Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit


1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair"

Can somebody please help me? It would be much appreciated.

[ghporter]

Welcome to the MacNN Forums! I had the same problem crop up when I installed Boot Camp, and it's pretty easy to correct. You have to boot from the OS X install disc to be able to (easily) repair your startup disk. It's no real problem to do this, but it's not particularly obvious the first time you do it. Once the install disc has finished booting, there's a "Tools" option in the menu bar. Under that you'll find Disk Utility and from there you can fix your disk.

Good luck and again Welcome!

[privilege]

The problem is, an osx disc didnt come with my macbook pro. There weren't any discs in the box I received, so I'm not sure what to do.

[ghporter]

There should have been a small, square box with the manual and two DVDs with your MBP. That's how Apple packages them.

[dhumphries]

Originally Posted by ghporter 

Once the install disc has finished booting, there's a "Tools" option in the menu bar. Under that you'll find Disk Utility and from there you can fix your disk.

I'm having the same problem as well, although there is no "Tools" option in the menu bar.

[ghporter]

Originally Posted by dhumphries 

I'm having the same problem as well, although there is no "Tools" option in the menu bar.

Welcome to the MacNN Forums!

When you boot from the OS X Install disc there SHOULD be a "Tools" item in the menu bar. What do you see in the menu bar?

[dhumphries]

You mean open the disc in the finder? All i see in the menu bar is File Edit View Go Window Help.

[Catfish_Man]

No, opening in the Finder is very very different from booting the operating system. Insert the CD, open System Preferences, go to the Startup Disk pane, and choose the CD. Then restart.

[TheMosco]

if yours didn't come with a cd here what you do (which is should have, I would call apple):

Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck

1. Restart Mac
2. Hold down the Apple key and the "s" key
3. At the prompt, type "/sbin/fsck -fy" without the quotes.

It will go through and try to repair everything and then it will check again.

4. Type "reboot"

It should reboot and hopefully that error will go away.

[entryhacked]

am having a problem with boot camp and the partition that i had created and i need help. i made a 32gig partition to run linux ubuntu and i got it working perfectly but when i got tired of it and i decided that i need the space back i started reading forums to see if i find the answer on how to do it. problem is i guess i took the wrong advice.

the first time i when to try to remove it the first thing i did was go to bootcamp to see if there some setting or something that would say click here to delete partition but when i start it all it does is tell me that i don't have inuff priviliallge to remove the other os or the partition for that matter.

then i read that the reason was that the other os wasen't letting it. so the said to act like i was going to install it again and shut it down after it had formated the 32 gig partition and before it would start installing to stop it and restart the system other wise mac os x was going to keep seen it and letting me do anything about it now i have the partition with a broken down os that i might as well should have just left it alone untill i found a reliable source of information can any one help me get rid of this partition so that i can add the space back to os x and not have to redo the hole system again thanks for any help i can get http://forums.macnn.com/images/smilies/bang.gif

[ghporter]

The Boot Camp option for getting rid of a partition for non-OS X operating systems is "Restore disk to a single partition." If you can run the Boot Camp Utility, and you have admin privileges on the computer, it should work fine. The "other OS" doesn't have a say in the process-you're running OS X at the time you're doing this, and OS X doesn't care what the other OS is.

On the other hand, if Ubuntu has done anything "interesting" to the partition table, you may have some problems. If Boot Camp can't do its thing and restore your drive, this would be a Very Good Time® to back up your OS X partition - all of it - and consider reformatting the drive and reinstalling OS X.