Bootcamp windows 7 error
hello everybody!
i'm trying for like 6 times, but when i try to Partitioning, i always get an error....
It's really annoying!!
somebody please help?
thanks!
So your setting up BootCamp and making the partition, but it's giving a error.
Is it saying anything? Do you have a hard drive or SSD for the boot drive?
If you have a hard drive, then Quit BootCamp and hold Command R while booting the machine.
Disk Utility, select the Macintosh HD partition and First Aid > Repair Disk and Permissions, repeat and both and quit.
Reboot the machine normally and head to Applications > Utilites > Disk Utility and select your Macintosh HD partition on the left.
Click Erase and Erase Free Space with Zero Data option, let it complete (on power, no battery)
When it's finished, quit and try partitioning with BootCamp again, it should work now.
If not then see this, you need a minimal space for BootCamp, also no data on the lower part of the hard drive.
Look in your Acitivty Monitor > Disk Useage for how much space you really have.
BootCamp: "This disc can not be partitioned/impossible to move files."
Yours is a new machine, but it's possible you have it filled up already.
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ExpressCard/34 (Card is by Transcend TS-RDF1, JMicron chip for SD card) is not working in BootCamp Windows 7 64-bit. Windows reports:
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