Can't set up partition in boot camp assistant

please help..got windows 7 on usb flash drive as got macbook air but for some reason in boot camp assistant it won't let me tick the box for install or remove windows 7 which is the part to let me partition the drive...

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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.
Some have been able to use Disk Utility booted from OS X DVD or another drive, and repair the drive.
You have to use Boot Camp Assistant (99.9% anyway) to create and achieve a proper Windows Master Boot Record partition.

Cannot restore Boot Camp partition using Boot Camp Assistant with OS X 10.6

I have decided to eliminate my Boot Camp partition running Windows Vista, but when I attempted to restore the partition using Boot Camp Assistant, I got the following message:
Boot Camp Assistant cannot be used.
You must update your system software before using this setup assistant.
I am running Snow Leopard, and there IS no update to the system software! How do I resolve this?

Found the answer. . . I needed to enable journaling on my hard drive and. . .voila!

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?

How do I remove the Windows partition? Boot Camp Assistant does not allow me to select the remove option.

I am using an iMac, 8.1, early 2008. I installed Windows XP at that time. I am now using OS 10.8.5 and want to remove the Windows partition to free up disk space. Boot Camp Assistant does not allow me to select the "install or remove" option. How can I get rid of the Windows partition?

You can try removing it in Disk Utility.
To resize the drive do the following:
1. Open Disk Utility and select the drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list.
2. Click on the Partition tab in the Disk Utility main window. You should see the graphical sizing window showing the existing partitions. A portion may appear as a blue rectangle representing the used space on a partition.
3. Select the bottom rectangle/partition. Click on the Delete [-] button below the sizing window to remove it. Click on the Apply button. Wait until the process has completed.
4. In the lower right corner of the sizing rectangle for the remaining partition is a resizing gadget. Select it with the mouse and drag it all the way down to the bottom. Click on the Apply button and wait until the process has completed.
You should now have a restored single volume on the drive.
It would be wise to have a backup of your current system as resizing is not necessarily free of risk for data loss. Your drive must have sufficient contiguous free space for this process to work.

Can't download Windows support software (Boot Camp Assistant)

Hello,
I have OS X Mavericks in a early 2009 MacBook Pro unibody and I tried to install a legal copy of Windows 7 through Boot Camp Assistant.
The problem is while downloading the Windows support software to a 8 GB USB pendrive (which works fine), I obtain this message from Boot Camp Assistant:
So I can't carry on with the Windows 7 installation with Boot Camp.
I tried restarting the system and with different USB pendrives, and I obtain always the same issue.
Can anybody help me?
Thanks you.

I think I have solved the problem.
Looking into Apple's Support Webpage, I found this:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1630
Here you can download the Boot Camp Support Software for running Windows 7 for my MacBook Pro (15 inch, early 2009).
Later, I will install Windows and then install this Boot Camp Support Software and see if it works.

How to create a partition using Boot camp assistant 4.0.1 ?

Hi, i would like to "Partition" my drive and not "Install" windows 7 like the assistant asks me... I wanted to increase the size of my bootcamp partition. So i used winclone to save it and now to restore it i need a NTFS partition that is normally created with the bootcamp assistant. But with the latest (4.0.1) i have no choice to partition and report the installation for later. As it was before.... So can someone tell me how i can create that partition on my drive? Because when i choose the size and then click install, the assistant requires a disk that i don't have. Thx for your help.

So i called apple today and the outcome is that i cannot partition my disk with BCA 4.0.1. Not anymore. The only way to do it is to go back to Snow leopard, with BCA 3.0 to partition your disk. and then upgrade to lion once you made your partition with BCA 3.0. And another thing: you can only install Windows 7 not Vista or XP. with BCA 4.0.1 its the only one allowed. So for everyone out there trying to increase the size of your Bootcamp partition using Winclone, it's not possible with Lion anymore. I ended up bying a windows 7 copy at retail price.... and start over again..

Can I reinstall Windows 7 on Boot Camp with the same product key?

I have run into some issues with my Windows partition, so I want to reinstall Windows 7. I have a genuine copy of Windows 7 Ultimate Edition.
What I wish to do is to completely remove the Boot Camp partition, and then create a new one and install Windows 7 over it. However, I have only 1 product license key. When I reinstall Windows 7, it's going to ask for the product key, whih is obviously going to be denied because I have used it.
Is there any way I can acquire another key for this purpose? I am willing to pay a small fee, but I am definitely not willing to pay the full amount for a new Windows 7 copy.
Furthermore, and a little off-topic: Does anyone know if there are any compatability issues with the Windows 8 dev edition and Boot Camp? Can I use the support software for Windows 7? Will it be able to take advantage of the hardware? Will I get sound and internet? Will I be able to scroll with my trackpad?
Thanks.
[EDIT] I forgot to mention that the main reason I have to create a new partition instead of just Custom Installing over the previous one, is because I require a larger partition size.

Thanks for your help!
Not to be a pain, but I just want to clarify some things.
The hatter wrote:
The retail version can be reinstalled as much as you want, even to a new computer (just not two at same time)
Yes it will activate just fine on reinstall. Not an issue.
Let's assume I do not have issues about reallocating disk space, and just want to re-do my whole partition. Here's what I would do. Please tell me if it would work fine, or if I would hit a snag somewhere:
Have original retail W7 disk at hand (the one I previously used for my first install).
Remove existing partition using Boot Camp Assistant.
Re-install using the said disk.
W7 should activate without a problem, even though I've used the license before.
Do I have to do anything on Windows before re-installing it to "deactivate" the copy (or something along those lines) before I can re-activate successfully on my new install?
And what is System Builder?
Thanks for all your help!

Partitioning Issues (Boot Camp issues)

Im having trouble with bootcamp. I partitioned it with not enough space. I looked through the print off and it couldnt do the specified routine to fix it, i need to be able to get my Hard drive back into 1 main drive, deleting the other 2 partitioned drives. i currently have: Macintosh HD (my main driver), Mac OS X (the driver that was supposed to be the windows driver) and Macintosh HD_2 (a test driver that has enough space for the windows). What i need to know is: >How can i get my drivers back into one driver so i can start again? OR!! >How can i get Macintosh HD_2 to become the main partitioned drive.
The error message im getting is: The startup disk cant 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.
Please, i need a solution to how i can get rid of this error message

Hey, I have the same problem. But when I go to Disk Utility, and I cant repair dick because its not "clickable". so I verify it, but it shows
"Verifying volume “Macintosh HD”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
Volume Header needs minor repair
The volume Macintosh HD needs to be repaired.
Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit
1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair
Whats this all about? Can anybody help me out ?
Macbook intel based Mac OS X (10.4.8)

Boot Camp Assistant says Install rather than Partition

I have a second gen MacBook (Intel core 2 duo) I installed Windows XP via bootcamp back when I had OSX Tiger. Today, running OSX Lion, I deleted the windows partition with boot camp assistant, wanting to increase the hard drive size and install Windows 7. I successfully deleted the windows xp partition, and restarted the computer. Now I want to repartition the hard drive and install windows 7. I open boot camp assistant, click continue (only option) check 'install windows 7' and not 'download the latest windows support software from apple' as I already have this on an external hd and click continue. I choose the hard drive size, and boot camp assisnt has the option to 'install' and NOT 'partition'. I dont know why this occurs. anyway, if I click install, boot camp assistant says 'the installer disk could not be found' even though my windows 7 dvd is in the computer.
So, my question boils down to, 'why can't i partition my disk for windows 7?'
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

After restoring, I lost my Recovery HD partition. I am currently working to get a new one. Perhaps I will install it AFTER boot camp is finished, which might solve the multiple-partitions error? I could use some advice here.
At this point, bootcamp is giving me a new error which says some files cannot be moved. I am moving this to a new discussion HERE:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread/3298756
Thanks for your help! Please respond to my new thread if you think you can contribute.

Boot Camp Assistant / Disk Utility Stuck during Partitioning

Hello Apple / Apple customers,
I have a 15" MacBook Pro (Mid-2010) with a 320GB hard drive. I recently partitioned my hard drive to install Windows 7 in order to install and play a Windows game. Everything installed fine, but I discovered that I didn't have enough space partitioned to fit the game (I did not anticipate it taking 14 GB to install). So I deleted the partition. Now I'm attempting to make a larger partition and restore a Winclone image that I made of the previous partition on that new partition. The problem I am receiving occurs when I attempt to make a new partition in both Boot Camp Assistant and Disk Utility. During the partitioning process, Boot Camp Assistant stalls at about 30% and stays that way for hours, and Disk Utility also stalls during the "shrinking disk" part at about 30% as well. Is there anyway that I can fix this? I already tried repairing my hard drive by running Disk Utility via the Installation Disc, and it says that my hard drive is fine. Thanks in advance for the help.

Reinstall Leopard, but first use the Leopard install DVD Disk Utility to reformat the HD to one partition. See:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?path=Mac/10.4/en/mh14.html
It's for Tiger, but applies for Leopard as well.
WARNING, you must have your data saved somewhere else.
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Boot Camp Assistant hangs at partitioning process?

Hello,
I'm trying to install Windows on my Mac Pro. But when I run the Boot Camp assistant and assign the Windows partition, the Boot Camp Assistant hangs at the process of partitioning. The progress bar just keeps on moving, but it wont finish the partitioning.
Screencap link: www.laspalmas.nu/hang.jpg
Sorry, the OS language is in finnish but "Osioidaan levyä..." = "Disk partitioning..."
Does anyone have advice, why does this endless hang happen at this point?
Thanks for the replies,
Lauri

BACKUP before you start.
Repair your drive.
Would help to know how much of the free space is actually in a large enough unfragmented single chunk.
You may need to backup / initialize / restore.

Unable to install Windows 7 pro after restart by Boot Camp Assistant

Hello,
I have an issue with installing windows 7 pro 64bit on my MBP 13" mid 2009.
It has 500GB Samsung HDD.
I tried to install windows 7 on a boot camp partition with boot Camp assistant and also during the process, I
downloaded the driver helpers from apple website and burned it on dvd. after system restart, It starts to load windows
files and then asks me to give it the cd of drivers [ right after I select the country and language in the start of the setup ]
I tried to select the files of the cd [ which I burned by the boot camp assistant ] but it just keeps telling me there is
NO suitable driver matches my mac.
I have downloaded the genuine windows 7 and burned it on dvd.
Also I have Lion, Boot Camp 4.0.1
Can someone please help on this issue?
Many thanks,

The partition table needs to be repaired.
That is why the guide asks to backup before you begin.
Try Lion Recovery and check health of all the partitions.
Sometimes repairing or try shrink and expand the partition.
But it is not uncommon for what happened to you to render the drive with smaller HFS and then require erase the drive in some cases and restore.
Carbon Copy Cloner 3.4.2
Cloning as a Backup Strategy
CCC is now able to also clone Lion's Recovery Partition as well.
Check partition table health in Lion's Disk Utility
Create Lion Recovery Drive
Lion Recovery Mode

Boot Camp Assistant leaves me at a gray apple screen

I am working with a 2008 Mac Pro 3.1 w/ 1TB hard drive, a Lite-On iHAS dvd optical drive. My operating system is Yosemite. I am trying to install a Windows 7 partition, but Boot Camp Assistant is not being cooperative. Here's my process for installing it with BootCamp:
1. Created Windows 7 x64 install disk from downloaded .iso file (en_windows_7_....iso) — Maybe I am using the wrong installer?
2. Open Boot Camp Assistant, went through the motions of downloading the drivers onto a separate external thumb drive, then partitioning hard drive to have WINDOWS partition.
3. Boot Camp Assistant mentioned something to me about there being an extra bootable drive on an external drive (the thumb drive, I believe) and it wanted to disable that.
4. I disabled it.
5. Yosemite restarts.
6. The gray loading screen pops up with Apple logo.
7. Frozen for more than 10 min, at which point I believe something has erred.
If anybody can help me resolve this issue, it would be much appreciated! I'll be paying close attention to e-mail in order to provide quick responses to this thread.
Thanks!
Mac Pro, OS X Yosemite (10.10), Early 2008 Model

I have read that I should try buying a second hard drive for Windows. Confirm or refute. It seems highly unnecessary.
I have also tried going to the manual boot screen–holding alt at boot time. same results occur as above.

Reinstalling Boot Camp Assistant

Please Help!
I recently delete it my boot camp partition for windows 7 because I wanted to reinstall it again, I was following this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtDYNCldC24
After doing what he did on the video... I can't no longer find my "boot camp assistant" in my utilities menu. Can anybody tell me how I can reinstall "boot camp assistant"? or at least find it?
Thank You in advance,

Hello chimmon,
In order to restore missing Applications or Utilities that are installed with the operating system, the entire operating system will need to be reinstalled.
Mac OS X 10.6: Reinstalling Mac OS X
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH6606
Cheers,
Allen

Can't set up partition in boot camp assistant

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