BootCamp on an already partitioned disc

I want to install windows xp using bootcamp. My disc has alredy been partitioned into two partitions (one for OSX startup and the other one for my documents etc.) when I open bootcamp assistant it says: "The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows." I found out that this means that my disc shouldnt be partitioned before the process, I still want to keep my old partition.
What do I do?

I got my imac and all of the 2gb hd was partitioned and in the bootcamp tools I resized the osx partition to be 1tb and 1tb for windows

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I already partitioned my hdd via Bootcamp, supports downloaded, and windows is on an external USB. How can I start installing Windows now? at startup it doesnt show up as bootable device...

hi,
I am having a problem installing windows via bootcamp.
I already partitioned my hdd via Bootcamp, downloaded and copied all the supports for windows, and windows is on an external USB as well. I had to stop the process the other day, so i shut down the computer. Now I am trying to boot from the USB, but I cant get to that point where the computer should restart and windows would start installing.
. After restarting, holding command, it doesnt show up as bootable device.
How shall I move forward? My disk is already partitioned, and if i start the whole process from the beginning, it wants me to partition again - although I already made a 100GB partition for windows.
Please help me out.
best,
Zoltan

So, here is what happened when I tried to make it.(sorry for quality, i had to take them by phone)
At first when I opened it I saw that I could simply resolve it just by stretching the arrow at the bottom, giving the 100 GB back which I partitioned before via Bootcamp. At this point options was not available.
I didnt do it because you mentioned earlier that it might be not designed to install windows.
The second thing I tried I choose 1 Partition from Partition Layout. This time Options were available but I didnt see anything like GPT, the onces that are optionable are on the screenshot.
What do you think how shall I move on? I was thinking to give it a shot with option 1, just stretch it back and try everything from scratch.

HT4407 Hey, I am unable to install windows 7 using 'bootcamp 5.0' . I have already partitioned the drive as (mac Os Extended Journaled) and yet it seems bootcamp won't acknowledge this?

Hey, I am unable to install windows 7 using 'bootcamp 5.0' . I have already partitioned the drive as (mac Os Extended Journaled) and yet it seems bootcamp won't acknowledge this?
My first thoughts were that 'bootcamp' was out of date...needed an upgrade to register windows 7. Since then I am once again met with the same problem... how can it not see the I have already have a paritioned drived ready to be used for installition, is there a way to fix this problem? I don't really want to pay out for 'i-parition' only to merge my 2 drives back into one and start again from scratch =/. Seems silly to do so...what are my options?
Regards Swishi...p.s If anyone can help me...it'll make my day :3.

ONE PARTITION.
You don't need to buy anything but you should have backups.
you can delete #2 you created. Then resize to full drive.
There are already
GPT
EFI
Mac
Recovery
and there needs to be Windows which cannot be higher ID
Reading the instructions first and just swallow whatever pride or inidignation. It is a "my way or highwar" setup and utility,.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_10.7.pdf
create a Windows support software (drivers) CD or USB storage media
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4407
The Boot Camp Assistant can burn Boot Camp software (drivers) to a DVD or copy it to a USB storage device, such as a flash drive or hard drive. These are the only media you can use to install Boot Camp software.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4569
Installation Guide Instructions for all features and settings.
Boot Camp 4.0 FAQ Get answers to commonly asked Boot Camp questions.
Windows 7 FAQ Answers to commonly asked Windows 7 questions.
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

Has anyone figured a way to use the Magic Trackpad with Windows 7 on a partitioned disc using Bootcamp?

Has anyone figured a way to use the magic trackpad with Windows 7 on a partitioned disc using Bootcamp?

Yes. After Windows/Bootcamp discovers your bluetooth device (Magic Trackpad or Mouse, be sure to make it discoverable), right click, with your wired mouse, of course, on the icon and select Properties.
Then check the mouse drivers box and your device should work. (I located this solution on another thread)
It works for both the Magic Mouse and Magic Trackpad.
Must admit, the solution was not intuitive within the Windows environment. But we all must remember. It IS Windows, after all.
Another thing. Keep in mind that the gestures on these devices that work just dandy in OSX do not carry over into Windows.
It's Windows.

Can I force the bootcamp wizard to skip looking for the bootcamp drivers? I have already downloaded the latest drivers and loaded them on a FAT usb drive. All I want is for bootcamp to create the partition and allow me to install windows 8 pro

Hi Everyone,
Can I force the bootcamp wizard to skip looking for the bootcamp drivers? I have already downloaded the latest drivers and loaded them on a FAT usb drive. All I want is for bootcamp to create the partition and allow me to install windows 8 pro.
The bootcamp drivers have been downloaded from apple's website. Filename: BootCamp5.0.5033
I have a iMac 27" late 2013 model.
NOTE: I have downloaded the drivers manually from apples support site as the bootcamp wizard fails third of the way through the download.
Appreciate any assistance.
Regards,
asdutoit

There is a missing point in this thread, and it is that the Boot Camp drivers for the Late 2013 iMac can only be downloaded from Boot Camp Assistant. The Boot Camp drivers available in the Apple site are not compatible with that iMac.
Delete the Boot Camp drivers from the USB drive, open Boot Camp Assistant and try to download the Boot Camp drivers again. If you get a message telling you that they could not be downloaded, I would try reinstalling OS X through OS X Recovery, by holding down Command and R keys while your Mac is starting up

Adding a volume to an already partitioned disk?

Hi everyone,
I am quite savvy when it comes to the Mac; working with different settings through Terminal and using Disk Utility, etc.
As the title says, I am trying to add another partition to my already partitioned Hard Drive, however, I'm having some trouble. I think it will be easiest to outline my current volume setup:
CURRENT: http://cl.ly/3ttK <-- Image
Snow Leopard - 200 GB
Media - 225 GB
Scratch - 75 GB
And what I want to do:
Snow Leopard - 150 GB
Media - 225 GB
Scratch - 50 GB
Design/Development - 75 GB
Using Disk Utility, I went in and changed the sizes of the current volumes to the new sizes.
I clicked on the '+' to add a new Volume to the Disk. When you hover over the '+' button, the description mentions: "Create a partition from unallocated space on the disk". This makes me think that after I had reduced the sizes of the current volumes, clicking this button would create a volume the size of the unused space on the disk.
This isn't the case though. Pressing the '+' adds a new Volume to one of the already created Volumes…
I've thought of changing the Volume Scheme to 4 (only possible while booting from the install discs), however I'm afraid that this will erase all of my data as when I choose this option, all of my current Volume names are no longer there (it's tough to explain this and because I'm booting from the disc at this point, I can't take a screenshot).
Does anyone have any idea how to add another Volume or if changing the Volume Scheme to 4 will do the trick?
Sorry if this has all been confusing, it's tough to get across
Thanks!

AirNJ15 wrote:
This isn't the case though. Pressing the '+' adds a new Volume to one of the already created Volumes…
Actually, that would spit an existing volume.
I've thought of changing the Volume Scheme to 4 (only possible while booting from the install discs), however I'm afraid that this will erase all of my data
*CORRECT !*
Sometimes you can resize partitions, but only by moving the bottom of a partition in the diagram. You cannot move the top.
So it looks like what you want to do is split the Snow Leopard partition, making it 150 GB, and make the remaining 50 GB your Scratch partition.
Then just rename the current Scratch partition to Design/Development.
See [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 this forum) for details.
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However . . . this sort of scheme is rarely a good idea. If you're doing it to speed things up, it most likely is actually slowing things down.
Unlike some other operating systems, OSX is designed to work best with everything in the same partition. What you're doing guarantees longer seek times, as the head must travel over all that empty space when it needs to go from something in one partition to something in another.
It also greatly reduces the effectiveness of OSX's "Adaptive Hot File Clustering:" OSX will move things around to get the files it uses the most onto the fastest part of the disk (the top of the diagram), and things that are frequently referenced together in the same part of the drive. As your habits change, it dynamically adjusts to optimize performance.
As it stands, your Scratch partition is on the slowest part of the disk.
Another problem that you don't seem to have (yet) can be having the free space divided up; if the free space in any partition gets too small, your Mac may slow down, and eventually data may be corrupted, apps may crash, and in the extreme your Mac will crash and refuse to restart.

BootCamp on a double partitioned drive

So the hard drive in my MBP is partitioned into two separate partitions. One for OS X and the other for all my data. I want to install XP for some games and so I would like to use bootcamp to do so. My question is, is the drive that bootcamp will partition limited to the one with OS X already on it? Or can I use it on my other partition that has all my data.
And second, should I want to revert back and delete the windows partition, will everything go back to the way it was? Or will I have to format and re-partition anything.
Thanks in advance.

Hi,
the BootCamp Assistant (BCA) in OSX will only partition the harddrive when it is a single OSX volume with only one partition on it.
With your harddisk layout the BCA won't do anything.
Nonetheless, have a look here for ways to do what you have in mind http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071101065229169
When using the BootCamp Assistant for the partitioning, you can use it again later for completely removing the WIndows partition and assigning the diskspace back to OSX.
When using the other solutions you have to do that on your own with Disk Utility.
Regards
Stefan

HD already partitioned - what do I need from Boot Camp?

Hi guys,
I partitioned my HD when I installed Leopard, and now I want to install XP. I tried to run Boot Camp, but it refused to start because my HD was already partitioned. So do I actually need to run Boot Camp before I install windows? Or is it ok if I dont? What does it do/provide besides HD partitioning?
Thanks in advance
A

For Boot Camp to run the way it should you need to install OSX using the entire HD then run the Boot Camp Utility to partition the drive. Once that is done insert the Windows CD and install. Once Windows has installed then insert the Leopard disc or the first disc of your Leopard recovery set (while in Windows) and run the .exe file on it which will contain all the drivers that you need. When starting up your Mac hold the Option key down to bring up the boot menu so you can choose what OS you wan to run.
You MUST run the Boot Camp Utility for this to work. I have Vista on mine for gaming and Boot Camp worked very well.

Bootcamp Limited to 2 Partitions?

I have just set up my iMac to run Win 7 on Bootcamp. I then repartitioned to add a further 2 partitions to my original Mac HD partition and find that I have lost access to Win 7.
Is it not possible to set up the HD in more than 2 partitions when running Bootcamp?
I have seen the thread here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2431211&tstart=0
but would rather not muck about too much to get around this issue. I would rather have my 3 Mac partitions and no Windows partition if it is likely to make the iMac unstable in any way.

Hi John,
for the BootCamp Assistant to be able to partition an internal harddisk, it has to find the drive to be filled with one single volume using the 'Mac OS Extended (Journaled)' file system and the GPT (GUID Partition Table) as partition scheme.
If already partitioned with Disk Utility for example, the BootCamp Assistant usually refuses to 'touch' that harddisk.
A later done partitioning to add additional partitions to a harddisk alters the position of the BootCamp partition in the partition table so that the Windows Bootloader can not 'find' the Windows partition.
With Windows XP it helped to simply edit the Boot.Ini file and point it to the WIndows partition.
With Vista and Windows 7 there no longer is a boot.ini but EasyBCD http://neosmart.net/dl.php?id=1 can do the same.
One thing to remember though is, that even Vista and Windows 7 'suffer' from the limitation of four partitions on one harddisk immenent to the Master Boot Record (MBR) since Apple EFI/GPT/MBR emulation can not handle Extended Partitions and Logical Partitions inside an Extended Partition.
Regards
Stefan

Boot Camp error: The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Jounraled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows.

Hi!
I am getting the error:
"The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Jounraled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows."
I read up some on google, but all of them says that they have crated a partition and that is the problem, I only have the standard "Macintosh HD".
I tried to create a partition manually in disk utility but then the error message: "Partition failed with error message: Could not unmount disk."
Can anyone help me? It's driving me crazy.
Thanks.

This message, and threads like yours got asked daily for over two years, now it is only a couple times a week!!
Is it so hard to follow through? you were to have backup already, clones are best, then erase/format and restore.
Then partition.
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You have to use Boot Camp Assistant (99.9% anyway) to create and achieve a proper Windows Master Boot Record partition.

Strange error when Bootcamp attempts to create partition for Windows

I get a strange error when I tell Bootcamp to create a partition for Windows. I get to the Create a Partition stage. I select 20GB for Windows leaving 91GB (39GB free) for OS X. I then click Partition and it gives me the following error
*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.
My disk is formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled), I have closed all applications (besides Bootcamp Assistant) and I have even restarted and tried again to see if that might help. Nothing. I can't get it to partition. Any thoughts? Can I partition my disk manually through disk utility and then select it in Bootcamp?

Hi,
this gets asked at least a thousand times by now.
Have a look at this thread for solution http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10540273&#10540273
Regards
Stefan

How can I uninstall Bootcamp and Recover the partition for the Mac HD

How can I uninstall Bootcamp and recover the partition for the IMac HD?

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~Lyssa

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Nothing happened when I held those keys in, I wonder if that has something to do with the keyboard being bluetooth?
My boss used the same install disc on his MacBook Pro and there were no issues so I don't get why I'm having the problem.
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Upon further review it looks like my boss made the cd just by copying files not by making a bootable disc. I tried making a bootable disc and the computer restarts in bootcamp but hangs after that. It's just a black screen and a blinking cursor. We are going to try the original disc and see if that works. But I do have an error when I try and verify the main drive. I ended up installing bootcamp on my second drive because of this but maybe this is what is causing problems with the install.
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Invalid number of allocation blocks
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The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows.

The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows.

nikasv wrote:
The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows.
That's essentially what Solving Boot Camp partition creation problems says. What is your question?

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