Boot camp cannot be opened

I got this message when I open boot camp.
Process:         Boot Camp Assistant [569]
Path:            /Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app/Contents/MacOS/Boot Camp Assistant
Identifier:      com.apple.bootcampassistant
Version:         4.0 (413)
Build Info:      BootCampAssistant-4018000000000000~5
Code Type:       X86-64 (Native)
Parent Process: launchd [106]
Date/Time:       2012-04-04 22:47:34.480 +0800
OS Version:      Mac OS X 10.6.8 (10K549)
Report Version: 6
Interval Since Last Report:          130427 sec
Crashes Since Last Report:           17
Per-App Crashes Since Last Report:   14
Anonymous UUID:                      83E58DC0-0D3E-4BF1-99D1-B08B2A800503
Exception Type: EXC_BREAKPOINT (SIGTRAP)
Exception Codes: 0x0000000000000002, 0x0000000000000000
Crashed Thread: 0
Dyld Error Message:
Symbol not found: _OBJC_CLASS_$_DMCoreStorage
Referenced from: /Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app/Contents/MacOS/Boot Camp Assistant
Expected in: /System/Library/PrivateFrameworks/DiskManagement.framework/Versions/A/DiskManag ement
in /Applications/Utilities/Boot Camp Assistant.app/Contents/MacOS/Boot Camp Assistant

I was having the exact same problem today. My solution:
Go to "Disk Utility"
Click on your HDD
Click "Enable Journaling"
Retry Boot Camp Assistant
I can now use Boot Camp....
Good luck!

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   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
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   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         363.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
   4:       Microsoft Basic Data BOOTCAMP                136.0 GB   disk0s4
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                                 514D607E-31E2-41D8-99A1-B458A67630E6
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Disk: /dev/disk0 geometry: 60801/255/63 [976773168 sectors]
Signature: 0xAA55
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1: EE 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [         1 -     409639] <Unknown ID>
2: AC 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [    409640 - 709468960] <Unknown ID>
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I cannot use a virtual machine because my exam software that I use for school will not start up when using a virtual machine.
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The blue progress bar zipped rapidly across to 100% however next the boot camp status showed "IDLE".
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