Need help allocating partition for Windows using Bootcamp?

Using Mac desktop and Boot Camp get to the step where I need to choose what size partition for Windows ver 7 and have tried all different sizes with no luck?
Norm    

normbenard wrote:
Using Mac desktop and Boot Camp get to the step where I need to choose what size partition for Windows ver 7 and have tried all different sizes with no luck?
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"...have tried all different sizes with no luck" tells us nothing about what size you tried. If indeed you tried all different sizes then you don't have enough space. What size did you try? What happens when you try? What error messages do you get?

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