Boot Camp & Extended (Journaled)

Hi guys!
Just trying to instal Boot Camp, and after getting through all the dramas with trying to download Windows software, I get to partitioning my hard drive and get the following message:
+"The Startup Disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition.+
+The startup disk must be formatted as a single MAC OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows”+
First up, what is it? Second, why do I need it? Last, is there an 'Idiots Guide' to doing it? Any (step-by-step) help would be appreciated.
Cheers!
Mark L.

That depends on what's now on your HD.
If there are multiple partitions, you'll have to consolidate them into one. You may or may not be able to do that without copying the data elsewhere and back again.
But you really should back everything up first, anyway, "just in case" something goes wrong.
It's not exactly the same situation, but see #4 in [Formatting, Partitioning, Verifying, and Repairing Disks|http://web.me.com/pondini/AppleTips/DU.html] (or use the link in *User Tips* at the top of the +Using Snow Leopard+ forum). It shows how to delete a partition and expand another into the space it used.
Using the sample there as a guide, if there's enough empty space in "LC.Clone10.6.3", you could copy the data in "LC.Misc4" to it before deleting "LC.Misc4" and expanding "LC.Clone10.6.3" down into the vacated space.
If that doesn't help, post back with the setup of your drive -- what partitions, in what order, with how much data in each one.

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