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dvdbohman · Oct 13, 2006, 06:55 PM

When I try to make a partition for the Windows XP it tells me...
"Your disk cannot be partitioned because some files cannot be moved
Back up the disk and use Disk Utility to format the disk as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. Restore your information to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant again."
When I go into Disk Utility, I have the original internal disk, then my Macintosh HD volume. I don't really know what to do.
Thanks for any help!

Nai no Kami · Oct 13, 2006, 10:04 PM

A friend of mine is experiencing the same problem about files unable to be moved. And I would like to offer her a better solution that formatting the disk. I have repaired permissions but I've been unlucky with that.

Thanks!.

ghporter · Oct 14, 2006, 09:32 AM

Just to clarify, are you trying to use Boot Camp to make a Windows partition on a drive that already has more than one OS X partitions? Boot Camp will NOT work unless the drive is partitioned as it was originally-ONE HFS+ partition and only one.

Nai no Kami · Oct 14, 2006, 11:14 AM

Originally Posted by ghporter

Just to clarify, are you trying to use Boot Camp to make a Windows partition on a drive that already has more than one OS X partitions? Boot Camp will NOT work unless the drive is partitioned as it was originally-ONE HFS+ partition and only one.

In my case, the drive has only one partition. In fact it even has the factory installation of the Mac OS. The formatting of that drive meets the Boot Camp requirements (HFS+, journaled, one partition). I at first believed it had something to do with permission issues, but after running a "repair permissions" routine, the problem persists.
I have also thought it may be something related to the fact that my friend is a switcher and many of her archives were transferred from her messy PC.
Thanks a lot for the answers!.

dvdbohman · Oct 14, 2006, 03:18 PM

Yeah, I only have 1 OS X partition, the original. I have also tried to repair permissions and that hasn't helped at all either. I'm not sure why it's not partioning, everything seems to be in order.
Thanks again for any help!

ghporter · Oct 14, 2006, 08:35 PM

This is very odd. I'd check with Apple about what's going on if I could in your position. It sounds like an issue with the drive, not with Boot Camp.

Philip J. Fry · Oct 14, 2006, 09:06 PM

Boot from the OS X disc and verify the volume with Disk Utility. If the drive can't be repaired there, you either need a 3rd party option or to simply format and reinstall.

boazh · Oct 15, 2006, 12:34 AM

Don't know what to do so I think I will wait for 10.5
Initially, I was successful in installing BootCamp, removed the partition using the BootCamp utility to make more room on the HDD and now I can't create a new partition...I'm getting the same ole error message. I don't know a way around it other then reinstalling OS X from the install DVD. I recently got Parallels and it works awesome. I wonder if Parallels has something to do with this error... although I tend to think that it shouldn't be a problem since Parallels doesn't partition the HDD but just create an imaged HDD... My solution to you is: get Parallels. You can try it for a month for free! ohh, and you don't have to reboot everytime you want to use Windows.

dvdbohman · Oct 16, 2006, 05:56 AM

Just to let you know...
I got boot camp to work and create a windows partition by creating more free space on my HD.

ghporter · Oct 16, 2006, 07:55 AM

How much space did you free up, and more importantly, how much was there before you started and when you finished? BootCamp wants a minimum of 10GB according to the documentation....

Dynamics · Nov 7, 2006, 07:55 PM

I unfortunatly have run into the same problem. However Bootcamp did work initially and during the windows install I decided to just restore the whole thing and start fresh. . .and now I cannot get it to partition the drive. . after I restored it the partition i created before was still there. . .I removed it and attempted to redo the partition, and now it cannot due to some files that can't be moved. . .I even tryed lowering the partition size to 10GB. . . nothing. Verified 1 HFS partition via Disk Utility. . . Guess I'll try a restoration again.

Tarcat · Nov 17, 2006, 03:36 PM

I'm having the same problem and my drive has tons of free space and only one partition.

MrN79 · Nov 25, 2006, 01:58 AM

Did the same as everyone else, installed BootCamp onto a Win Partition, removed BootCamp after some update snafu's. Now i have one partition that can't be split...ahhhhh the problems with a BETA version.

SOLIDAge · Aug 21, 2007, 12:12 AM

Originally Posted by MrN79

Did the same as everyone else, installed BootCamp onto a Win Partition, removed BootCamp after some update snafu's. Now i have one partition that can't be split...ahhhhh the problems with a BETA version.

i fourth
i'm now in the same boat.

ghporter · Aug 21, 2007, 08:31 AM

Have any of you tried booting from your OS X install disc and running Disk Utility from that? It might just require a disk repair-which DU can do quite well.

silver · Aug 21, 2007, 03:00 PM

Just booting from the install disc to repair the disc and even repair permissions does nothing on the 50 macs I administer here at my University Lab.

The only solution I found after actually tinkering with the problem is of course to use DiskWarrior then clone the drive then clone back then and only then was I able to use the bootcamp app to partition the drive.

@ghporter have you actually ran into this problem, because your solutions dont do anything.

silver

marklarah · Aug 21, 2007, 03:32 PM

I also have this problem with the files. I will try that method just posted. Thanks.

ghporter · Aug 21, 2007, 10:06 PM

My problem was when I installed Boot Camp on my MBP it said that my disk couldn't be partitioned and needed to be repaired-the only way to repair the whole disk is to boot from the install disc and use Disk Utility that way. While DU is not as powerful as Disk Warrior, it is at least free and can often do a lot to help. And I did make it clear that I wasn't talking about permissions, right? That I was talking about repairing the whole disk-the very top entry that, when you select it while running OS X doesn't enable any of the repair or verify buttons. That DOES do stuff; it works on the basic structures of the hard drive. It simply can't work on a disk or volume that has open files, so that's why you need to run it from the install disc.

silver · Aug 22, 2007, 03:08 AM

Hi ghporter,
I didn't mean any harm by what I said. Sorry, it was like one of those days when I wish I just stayed in bed.

I do recall that once I was able to get a machine to bootcamp partition after using DU, but for me it only worked once. Oh well at least the community has more options to try.

silver