Boot camp probl"back up disk and use disk util. to reform as single MAC OS.

The disk cannot be partitioned because some files cannot be moved.
Back up the disk and use Disk Utility to format it as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. Restore your information to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant again.
I am trying to install win 7 32 bit but before i partition my mac osx an error message pops up with the above wording...I went to disk utility and it is already a single mac osx (journaled). any help would be great and much appreciated..thank you for viewing.

The error message must be the title of 100s of threads.
Do you know how to backup?
It can't move files, some are fixed, the free space has to also be unfragmented contiguous chunk at the end of the drive.
Disk Utility Restore tab (and Help menu).
and of course external backup drive. And backup is step #1. There is a PDF you can save or print from the Boot Camp Assistant.
If you only have TimeMachine for backup you might want to install OS X anyway on a small 30GB partition (shrink partition size) or use your OS X DVD.
From OS X DVD go to Utility and then Disk Utility. Restore to another drive and that should be then bootable.
Or pick up SuperDuper or Carbon Copy to clone-backup and use one of those.
iDefrag $$ may be able to optimize the free space.
But it is wiser to first insure any data and files are backed up before changing or installing another OS, and before changing partitions around.

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I need help with boot camp. "Back up the disk and use Disk Utility to format it as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. Restore your information to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant again."

This message appears every time I try to partition my disk:
"Back up the disk and use Disk Utility to format it as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. Restore your information to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant again."
I verified my Macintosh HD disk on Disk utility and then tried to repair it, but I am unable to click the repair button.
It says it's not available because the startup disk is selected.
I don't know what to do or how to go about both these problems.
Please, any suggestions?

This message appears every time I try to partition my disk:
"Back up the disk and use Disk Utility to format it as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. Restore your information to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant again."
I verified my Macintosh HD disk on Disk utility and then tried to repair it, but I am unable to click the repair button.
It says it's not available because the startup disk is selected.
I don't know what to do or how to go about both these problems.
Please, any suggestions?

Odd problem with partitioning the disk-- it says it needs to be a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume, but it already is? (Screenshots in post)

I have a 1 TB Macbook Pro running Mavericks.
My disk is a single-volume...
Here is the information on my disk:
And I'm trying to use boot camp assist to partition my disk, like this:
But when I do, I get this error message:
"The disk cannot be partitioned because some files cannot be moved. Back up the disk and use Disk Utility to format it as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. Restore your information to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant again."
It already is a single Mac OS Extended journaled volume. Right? Here is an image from Disk Utility:
Any ideas?

Hey there!
It sounds like you are unable to install BootCamp due to an error that your some files cannot be moved, and to format your disk as a single volume, but you have confirmed that it already is. I would verify and repair your disk permissions with the following article next, if you have already restarted your computer and tried again:
Disk Utility 12.x: Repair disk permissions
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph5821
Choose Apple menu > Software Update to make sure you have the latest version of Mac OS X.Software updates sometimes change a file’s permissions to improve security, so updating your software can solve some permissions problems.
Open Disk Utility, in the Utilities folder in Launchpad.
Select the disk you want to check.You can verify or repair permissions only on a disk with Mac OS X v10.7 Lion installed.
Click First Aid.
Do one of the following:
Click Verify Disk Permissions to test permissions.
Click Repair Disk Permissions to test and repair permissions.
Disk Utility repairs the permissions for files installed by the Mac OS X Installer, Software Update, or an Apple software installer. It doesn’t repair permissions for your documents, your home folder, or third-party applications.
If that does not resolve the issue, I would next verify and repair the disk with this:
Disk Utility 12.x: Repair a disk
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Take care,
Sterling

My MBP won't boot anymore after "repair disk" and "repair disk permission"

My 2011 MBP 15 with Lion stopped working after I attempted to use Disk Utility to "repair disk" and "repair disk permission".
It was having weird issues before I attempted the repairs, it was freezing every few seconds no matter what I am doing, the whole thing would freeze with only the mouse movable. then after a few seconds it goes back to normal again. This happened after I downloaded and installed some updates from Apple. I don't know if the updates would cause this or it's something else.
In Disk Utility, "Repair Disk Permission" took 5 hours. While "Repair Disk" resulted in "Disk utility can't repair this disk. Back up as many of your files as possible, reformat the disk, and restore your backed up files".
Now when it boots, there's a loading bar under the Apple logo, it loads half way and shuts down itself.
I can still get into CMD+R Utilities though.
Any idea how I can extract the data out of the disk? I'm going to format and do a clean install.

mike2016 wrote:
This happened after I downloaded and installed some updates from Apple. I don't know if the updates would cause this or it's something else. Now when it boots, there's a loading bar under the Apple logo, it loads half way and shuts down itself.
A stopped loading bar is indicative of a failed firmware install that didn't complete, it's trying to install and is failing.
Do a PRAM reset
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379
Reboot into Safe Mode, (shift key down) then reboot normally and see if that fixes the issue.
https://support.apple.com/kb/TS2570
You may have to try to reinstall your firmware manually, you'll need another disk burning Mac
Find your exact firmware(s) here (or on Apple Downloads page)
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT1237
Apply instructions here
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT2213
Lastly it could be your boot drive is failing or something wrong happened with the update and accounting for all the to the other issues.
A OS X "overwrite" may solve the issue, may not.
See 10.5, 106. 10.7 OS X "overwrite" here
https://discussions.apple.com/message/16276201#16276201

If I install Windows on my Mac using Boot Camp, will I be able to use a Windows Keyboard instead of the Keyboard that came with my Mac?

If I install Windows on my Mac using Boot Camp, will I be able to use a Windows Keyboard instead of the Keyboard that came with my Mac?

yeah I use a windows keyboard both in OS X and in windows on my imac I pref the split ms type of keyboard over the tiny apple keyboard and I pref the razor mouse so those are my main input sources in both yosemite and windows8.1

Boot Camp won't recognize Windows 7 install disk.

I am trying to install Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit on my MacBook Pro purchased late 2011 and running Lion. The Windows software was purchased online and downloaded. I then copied the .iso file to a dvd. When I try and install Windows through Boot Camp it doesn't recognize that there is a disk in the drive to install Windows. I sure hope I didn't waste my money. Has anyone installed Windows 7 from a OEM download? Can you give me instructions?

You should visit the Boot Camp forum https://discussions.apple.com/community/windows_software/boot_camp rather than posting here in the Macbook Pro forum. The Boot Camp gurus hang out there and your issue has been answered several times. You must burn the iso onto a disk at the lowest speed (2x).
And here are the detailed installation instructions http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_10.7.pdf.

Creating a Master virtual hard disk and using the same for all other VM's

Hi,
We would like to create a master virtual hard disk and use the same for all other VM's. Can we do that ?
my requirements :
1) create 10 VM's
2) first create a master virtual hard disk with win OS and use the same to create the 10 VM's.
3) After creating the VM's change the HDD size.
              -- if i have created master virtual disk with 500GB , and use the same for creating a virtual machine. can we change the HDD size to 1TB ?
After creating the VM's ,i will change the system names and activate the windows accordingly.
Will there be any implications ,if we can/will do like this.
Thanks.

Hi Suren424,
I think Using Differencing Disks may cover your needs .
Please refer to following setps:
   "Create the Parent Virtual Machine Configuration and Virtual Hard Disk
    Install the Operating System, updates, and common software
    Generalize the installation
    Prepare the parent virtual hard disk
    Create the differencing disks
    Create virtual machines that use the differencing disks
For details please refer to follwing link:
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/wiki/contents/articles/1393.hyper-v-virtual-machine-vm-parent-child-configuration-using-differencing-disks.aspx
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I have an iMac running Lion and W7 with boot camp . It has been operating flawlessly until I went to reboot into Mac tonight. Screen went black, and system is unresponsive. I've tried force quitting and turning power off. Hard drive starts but that's it..

I have a 5 month old iMac running Lion and W7 with the latest version of boot camp . It has been operating flawlessly until I went to reboot into Mac tonight. Screen went black, and system is unresponsive. I've tried force quitting and turning power off. Hard drive starts, there's a small amount of drive activity and that's it.

Hi Jane, your info may still be there, look in the Users folder at root of the drive, how many users are there there?
It sounds like this may have happened...
Return to default desktop, apparent "loss" of home directory, (it can happen spontaneously too)...
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107854

Differences between using Data Pump to back up database and using RMAN ?

what are differences between using Data Pump to back up database and using RMAN ? what is CONS and PROS ?
Thanks

Search for Database backup in
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/server.111/b28318/backrec.htm#i1007289
In short
RMAN -> Physical backup.(copies of physical database files)
Datapump -> Logical backup.(logical data such as tables,procedures)
Docs for RMAN--
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B28359_01/backup.111/b28270/rcmcncpt.htm#
Docs for Datapump
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B19306_01/server.102/b14215/dp_overview.htm
Edited by: Sunny kichloo on Jul 5, 2012 6:55 AM

When I repair disk permissions using Disk Utility and it says it's completed the task, I click on it again and it repairs more. This has been going on for hours now. Could there be that many wrong permissions? Should it get to "all repaired" eventually?

When I repair disk permissions using Disk Utility and it says it's completed the task, I click on it again and it repairs more. This has been going on for hours now. Could there be that many wrong permissions? Should it get to "all repaired" eventually?

It's normal behavior. You don't have to worry about. Most of what's listed is just a report of what the utility finds., not necessarily that there is omething wrong.
If you want to find out more, read the link below, or see the More Like This links on this page.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1448?viewlocale=en_US

I bought the 64 GB iPhone 6 today. I backed it up and used 4 GB according to my phone but according to my computer i have used 3.4. I should have 60.6 GB but my phone currently says i have 51.9 GB remaining .Where is the 8.7 GB that I am missing? An

I bought the 64 GB iPhone 6 today. I backed it up and used 4 GB according to my phone but according to my computer i have used 3.4. I should have 60.6 GB but my phone currently says i have 51.9 GB remaining .Where is the 8.7 GB that I am missing?

Most of it is iOS itself and the apps included with it. App Data, pictures in your Camera Roll, emails can account for the rest.
Settings > General > Usage > Storage shows you how much data each app uses.

Backup and Restore OCR,Voting Disk and ASM Disks in new SAN-10g RAC

Dear Friends,
I am using 10g R2 RAC serup on Linux
My OCR,Voting Disk and ASM Disk for DBF Files are on a SAN box
Now i am reorganising SAN by scrapping the entire SAN and cretaing new LUN's (It's a must)
so pleae let me know
1) how do i take backup of OCR and Voting Disk from existing SAN and how do i restore it in new LUN's after SAN reorganisation
2) how do i take backup of existing Database's from existing SAN and how do i restore it in new LUN's after SAN reorganisation.
I will be doing it in Planned downtime only
Regards,
DB

For step 1 you should following metalink doc.
For step 2 here is simple backup command script.
I have done this in windows for you.
D:\app\ranjit\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\BIN>rman target /
Recovery Manager: Release 11.2.0.1.0 - Production on Wed Feb 8 21:48:47 2012
Copyright (c) 1982, 2009, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
connected to target database: ORCL (DBID=1299593730)
RMAN> run
+{+
allocate channel c1 device type disk format 'D:\app\ranjit\rman\%U';
allocate channel c2 device type disk format 'D:\app\ranjit\rman\%U';
backup database;
backup current controlfile format 'D:\app\ranjit\rman\%U';
+}+
Regards

Startup disk and scratch disk full messages

I use my mac a lot for digital photography. I use iPhoto to catalog, and PS Elements 3 to edit. I've been getting messages that my startup disk is full, and my scratch disk(s) are full; I can no longer save or print images from PSE3.
Please help me understand what these messages mean, and what steps I need to take to empty my startup disk and scratch disk.
Thanks
Greg

Greg:
As big as you can afford. There are 160 G external FW drives that are pretty reasonable. I've used the Mercury elite drives from OtherWorldComputing and have been happy. I'm sure others will pipe in with their good experiences with other brands.
Since the Mini doesn't have FW800 capability you can save a little by getting a USB2/FW400 model instead of the USB2/FW400/800 one. However, if you ever upgrade your Mac it probably will have an FW800 port. The price difference is about $25.
This link is for the Mercury Elite-AL Pro FireWire 800/400+USB2 and shows the prices for each type and size.
The The Mercury Elite Pro Classic is what I have. The price difference between the the two types is about $25.
If you can afford a larger one then do get it as you could then partition it to clone you current drive to one partition and make it a bootable partition in case of problems with your internal drive. Then use the other partition for long term storage, and day to day backups of user documents, etc. Even put you iPhoto and iTunes libraries on it.
With CompUSA going out of business in a lot of places you might find a very good deal on some external FW drives. Be sure to get one with FW so it can be bootable.
LaCie's drives are very popular also. CompUSA has a LaCie d2 Extreme Triple Interface 250GB Hard Drive for $179. If you have a store near you go into it and see what they have on the floor. Some don't have extra FW ports for daisy chaining. The OWC's do.

While i was running boot camp to install windows 7 i had to cancel operation. Now my mac comes up black screen with a curser at top

while i was running boot camp to install windows 7 i had to cancel operation. Now my mac comes up black screen with a curser at top

First of all, start your Mac with the Alt key pressed until the boot manager apears. If your keyboard is wireless probably you should press the power button at the same time you start the Mac.
After, go to Bootcamp Assistant and remove the windows partition and do all the process again.
Remember to remove all the USB/Firewire/Thunderbolt devices that are attached to the Mac during the windows installation.
Once windows boots for first time, install windows support software with all the drivers.
IMPORTANT: If the windows partition doesn't boot correctly (Black screen with white blinking cursos at the left top corner) do this steps to boot windows:
1- Start the Windows Installation DVD at system start.
2- Click on Repair System, not install.
3- Select Command Prompt
4- Run these 3 commands: (Press enter for each command)
     Bootrec.exe /FixMbr
     Bootrec.exe /FixBoot
      Bootrec.exe /RebuildBcd
5- Exit command line (type exit)
6- Click on Restart button.
7- Boot the Mac and you will see that It automaticaly loads windows
Tell us how it goes!!
PS: Sorry for my bad english!!!

Can I download and use final cut pro 7 on new mac pro tower?,or I must work with the new final cut pro x only?

can I download and use final cut pro 7 on new mac pro tower?,or I must work with the new final cut pro x only?

Disclaimer: This response assumes that a "new mac pro tower" is the new cylindrical model.
1. You cannot download Final Cut Pro 7. FCP7 is part of Final Cut Studio (2009) a.k.a "FCS3" and it was only released on a DVD set. It can still be purchased online (maybe even from Apple) for prices ranging from a few hundred to $1K and it is 5 years old and unsupported.
2. Although there are reports of systems running FCS3 on Mavericks, there are also a host of problems associated with this OS/software combination.
3. A new version of iMovie Pro Final Cut Pro X has been released which is reportedly very fast and is supported.
It's all a matter of what kind of movies you make...

Boot camp probl"back up disk and use disk util. to reform as single MAC OS.

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