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I am trying to add a windows partition to my MacBook.
Yesterday I restored the Mac as it said that although there were 120gb free space it could not move certain files to create the 50gb partition.
With the Mac restored , and 150 go of free disk space I set boot camp to create a 50gb partition for windows 7 ultimate.
The blue progress bar zipped rapidly across to 100% however next the boot camp status showed "IDLE".
Now nothing is happening. The boot camp window is open, no buttons are active, it says IDLE.
Any tips on what to do next?
Is the partition created?
Can I get around this in any way?
Thanks

I've just experienced the same problem restoring my Mac Mini to a single partition. The progress bar reached 100% and then the status became "Idle". I couldn't find any help through Googling, so after about half an hour I just quit the Bootcamp Assistant and rebooted my machine. Everything seems to be ok - I guess it did finish doing the job and just failed on the front-end. Which is fine by me!

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