Bootcamp problem

trying to install windows on my macbookpro (mac osx 10.7.5) using bootcamp and that message all what i have
(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.

"To perform a right-click action, hold the right Command key while tapping the trackpad button."
Check out this support article,
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303575
Catch you later, good luck!
UPDATE: I should have asked what kind of MAC you were using, though hopefully this technique will work for any single button apple mouse/trackpad.
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This forum is for troubleshooting issues with OS X, not Windows or Boot Camp.
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hey guys,
recently i got struck in a bootcamp problem,
this occurred when i installed b-e-t-a of recent os x 'ten' public,
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panel, but it was visible in startup disk in system preferences,when
i select windows as startup disk a screen saying "no bootable disk
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this Repairing Boot Camp after creating new partitionBy MacTavish_10, July 25, 2014
i solved it to a point in which i can make windows or bootcamp
icon appear in alt-option panel,but when i try to boot into it,
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please help....
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The Apple Bootcamp implementation uses a Hybrid MBR, which has a limit of 4 partitions. OSX utilities use GPT, while Windows uses MBR scheme.
When you installed you-know-what, it removed the Hybrid MBR and put the entire disk into a Protective MBR as your fdisk shows.
Option 1.
1. Backup your Windows partition to an external disk using OSX side. You may not be able to use it again.
2. Please backup your Mavericks side via Time Machine.
3. Please remove you-know-what from your system, and the corresponding GPT partitions.
4. Erase your disk, and re-store from 2 and re-install Windows.
Option 2.
1. Backup your Windows partition to an external disk using Winclone. You may not be able to use it again.
2. Please backup your Mavericks side via Time Machine.
3. Please remove you-know-what from your system, and the corresponding GPT partitions.
4. Erase your disk, and re-store from 2 and re-install Windows via Winclone.
Option 3.
1. Backup your Windows partition to an external disk using OSX side. You may not be able to use it again.
2. Please backup your Mavericks side via Time Machine.
3. Please remove you-know-what from your system, and the corresponding GPT partitions.
4. Create a new Hybrid MBR, with appropriate information and bring up Windows, using Startup Repair, if necessary.
Option 4.
1. Backup your Windows partition to an external disk using OSX side. You may not be able to use it again.
2. Please backup your Mavericks side via Time Machine.
3. Create a new Hybrid MBR (different from Option 3), with appropriate information and bring up Windows, using Startup Repair, if necessary.

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Hello people,
Let me start from the beginning. I have been trying to make a bootcamp partition on my iMac mid 2007 to run windows 7 on. This has been a very bumpy road so far and now I'm stuck at a bump. So far, this is what all I have done:
1. Use bootcamp support to create a bootcamp partition.
2. Install windows 7 from disk.
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3. Restart and boot to CD into repair my computer.
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easy enough, just confirm that you have no other usb devices connected to your mac
where is your current w7 disk from? we're going to make a new one unless you tell me its a retail disk
dl a fresh w7 iso from below and google bootable iso disk on osx for steps
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Hi there,
Just wondering whether anybody else has the same problem a me.
I was using bootcamp to install win 7 Home premium into my Mac Air and when it reached to the windows where they ask you to fill in the username and the computer name, my keyboard and trackpad stopped working. Although i tried to use external keyboard and mouse, it still didn't work.
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my keyboard and trackpad stopped working.
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