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Installing Boot Camp Problems
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Atlanta
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Hi. I'm trying to install Boot Camp on my MacBook but it doesn't work.
I have the newest MacBook with 4GB of RAM and 47GBs available on my hard drive. This is the error message I get.
When I open up Disk Utility this is the message I get.
Does anyone know what the problem is?
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Administrator  Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Antonio TX USA
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Disk Utility can't format the partition it's actively running on, so you don't' get the option to try. IF you have already backed up your OS X partition, it's simple to do the formatting. I'll wait while you back up.
still waiting....
Done yet? You REALLY MUST have a full backup or EVERYTHING will be lost.
Ok, once you have completed a full backup, put your OS X Installation disc in the drive and restart the computer. Once it's restarted, choose "Tools" from the menu bar and then select Disk Utility. Now you will be able to reformat the partition.
Note that this is effectively the same thing as using a heavy-duty defragmenting program. If you have a Mac defragmenter like iDefrag, you can use that instead.
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Interesting. So this mean to install Boot Camp, I have to format my drive and then after formating and partitioning with the Boot Camp Assistant application, I have to copy back all the files from my backup?
I thought with Leopard, you could partition on the fly, but maybe that is something else.
What if I boot from an external HD with Leopard running and then format my internal. Would that work as well?
I'm backing up to an external with SuperDuper! now.
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Join Date: Jan 2007
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I think you issue is that your system files are fragmented on your drive, thus boot camp is having trouble finding a continuous region on the drive to partition and cannot move system files while you are boot to it.. Backing up, wiping, and restoring your drive would defragment it.
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It's hard to believe that the drive can be so cluttered when it's a new MacBook that's been barely used. But oh well, I guess these things happen.
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Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001
Location: San Antonio TX USA
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Actually, you'll want to restore right after formatting. Once you've done that-effectively defragmenting both files and free space, you can run Boot Camp to partition the drive and go on to install Windows.
This stuff happens sometimes, and often it's more related to usage patterns than "clutter" or file fragmentation. FWIW you're running into free space fragmentation, not file fragmentation. I have no idea whether the factory image for MacBooks is built to make the most efficient use of the drive's space, both in files and free space, but it's quite possible that it isn't.
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