"Disk Could Not Be Partitioned" Error On Boot Camp

Im getting the common "disk could not be partitioned" error on bootcamp, but i tried repairing and verifying the disk through the single user command "/sbin/fsck -fy", and it still shows that error. any other ideas or suggestions? I'm on 10.10.1 Yosemite, Macbook MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012).

diskutil list: 
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *500.1 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         499.2 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *348.9 GB   disk1
                                 Logical Volume on disk0s2
                                 769DAB5A-31CE-4B1F-9A84-DE42C8DA5577
                                 Unencrypted
diskutil cs list:
CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
|
+-- Logical Volume Group 5D81016B-6058-418F-85AA-922C411579D3
    =========================================================
    Name:         Macintosh HD
    Status:       Online
    Size:         499248103424 B (499.2 GB)
    Free Space:   150018965504 B (150.0 GB)
    |
    +-< Physical Volume 8B0989D4-963C-4350-B93F-BED8181E2771
    |   ----------------------------------------------------
    |   Index:    0
    |   Disk:     disk0s2
    |   Status:   Online
    |   Size:     499248103424 B (499.2 GB)
    |
    +-> Logical Volume Family 1CE525E1-90AD-412B-8E13-AD3F14A25213
        Encryption Status:       Unlocked
        Encryption Type:         None
        Conversion Status:       NoConversion
        Conversion Direction:    -none-
        Has Encrypted Extents:   No
        Fully Secure:            No
        Passphrase Required:     No
        |
        +-> Logical Volume 769DAB5A-31CE-4B1F-9A84-DE42C8DA5577
            Disk:                  disk1
            Status:                Online
            Size (Total):          348876816384 B (348.9 GB)
            Conversion Progress:   -none-
            Revertible:            Yes (no decryption required)
            LV Name:               Macintosh HD
            Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
            Content Hint:          Apple_HFS
sudo command:
gpt show: /dev/disk0: mediasize=500107862016; sectorsize=512; blocks=976773168
gpt show: /dev/disk0: PMBR at sector 0
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Pri GPT at sector 1
gpt show: /dev/disk0: Sec GPT at sector 976773167
      start       size  index  contents
          0          1         PMBR
          1          1         Pri GPT header
          2         32         Pri GPT table
         34          6        
         40     409600      1  GPT part - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B
     409640  975093952      2  GPT part - 53746F72-6167-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  975503592    1269536      3  GPT part - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC
  976773128          7        
  976773135         32         Sec GPT table
  976773167          1         Sec GPT header

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    This got my hopes up yesterday because after I completed all system/software updates, suddenly the bookmark bar showed up and I was able to start the time capsule backup! It took overnight preparing for backup, but finally started and progressed to 12gb of the 100gb+ needed (i guess the update where it left off months ago for the estimated 750gb for the full backup?), then I put system to sleep and took it with me (thus leaving the wireless time capsule network as I do daily fully expecting it to continue when I returned home in the evening.)  But alas, upon return, back to the "Time Machine could not complete backup, The backup disk image ".....sparsebundle" could not be created (error 22)"  Ugh!  More reboots, unplugs, 5min gaps....still Ugh!
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    Mac OS X V. 10.7.5
    processor 1.6 ghz intel core 2 duo, memory 4 4g 1067 MHz DDR3
    software up to date!
    Airport Utility:
    V 6.2 (620.33)
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    Time Capsule:
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    To step sideways.. why not just use CCC to backup the 750GB of the hard disk to the TC.
    You need to understand this is going to be a super slow process and each time you stop it.. it is going to give issues. CCC will at least do a more reliable job of it than TM.
    I would also say.. this is going to be tough without ethernet. You need to understand the backup speed over wireless can be 10GB per hour.. that makes 75hrs to backup the disk. The air needs to run non-stop doing that.. without you touching it.
    I would get another external drive.. plug that into the MBA and if you really want to use TM.. make a backup one to the other.. but CCC will again do a better job and work faster. It will be much faster than over wireless.
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    http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1482
    Take the TC back to 7.5.2 firmware. It is a really old version and latest firmware does it no good at all.
    Wipe its hard disk using erase and start over.. give it new names for everything.
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    WIth a fully clean system.. now do a full reset of TM.
    See A4 http://pondini.org/TM/Troubleshooting.html
    Direct the TM to back to the TC.. and make sure the external hard disk is not excluded.
    Of course the TC has to be 1TB version to fit that much data.. goes without saying right.
    Even over pseudo - ethernet this will take many hours.. and you basically have to leave it to work.. do not touch it.. make sure the MBA cannot sleep though.. turn off sleep.. beforehand.

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