Extending a partition fails

I have a 500G hard drive in my MacBook Pro, and it has three partitions. The boot partition became full and the adjacent partition was relatively empty.
So, I backed up the #2 partition and deleted it using Disk Tools. That allowed me to "drag" the corner of the boot partition to make it larger. After a few hours, it returned a fail. I tried a second time and got the fail again.
Any clues?

Not a good one, I'm afraid. First thing to try is to Repair the hard drive (not Verify.) For this you must boot from your Recovery HD:
Repair the Hard Drive and Permissions - Mavericks, Lion/Mountain Lion
Boot to the Recovery HD:
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the COMMAND and R keys until the menu screen appears. Alternatively, restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the Recovery HD and click on the downward pointing arrow button.
Repair
When the recovery menu appears select Disk Utility. After DU loads select your hard drive entry (mfgr.'s ID and drive size) from the the left side list. In the DU status area you will see an entry for the S.M.A.R.T. status of the hard drive. If it does not say "Verified" then the hard drive is failing or failed. (SMART status is not reported on external Firewire or USB drives.) If the drive is "Verified" then select your OS X volume from the list on the left (sub-entry below the drive entry,) click on the First Aid tab, then click on the Repair Disk button. If DU reports any errors that have been fixed, then re-run Repair Disk until no errors are reported. If no errors are reported then click on the Repair Permissions button. When the process is completed, then quit DU and return to the main menu. Select Restart from the Apple menu.
Unfortunately, if this does not fix the problem then you must repartition the drive which means make yourself a bootable backup or a Time Machine backup so you can reinstall everything when you finish repartitioning the drive (btw, repartitioning is not the same as simply reformatting. You will be making a completely new partition to replace the one you now have.)

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I plug usb mass storage device to my macbook pro i7 than every thing is stack and i reinforce to shutdown and than I start again but mac fail to boot again.
I tried different optiones in disk utility in mac os startup disk. but still fail to repair, erase and partition. I try to fix with the steps listed in
https://discussions.apple.com/message/13288923#13288923
but it fail to partition with the msg:
Partition Failed
Partition failed with the error: POSIX reports: The operation couldn’t be completed.cannot allocate memory
pls pls pls help urgentely on this matter I stop working.
Kind Regards,
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Hi again OGELTHORPE.
I've already run two hardware tests. One quick one and one extended one. It was unable to pick anything up.
It's like everything is running perfectly, but when I go to erase the HDD or partition it, it pops up with the error message. Even when I try to erase and partition using "Terminal", I received the same error message.
It's beginning to do my head in, but will see if replacing the SATA cable will make any difference. If it doesn't, I'll hazard a guess it could be the Logic Board.
Thanks again for your suggestions!
L.

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I used Boot Camp Assistant (for instaling Windows XP) and there was Partition error:
+*The disc cannot be partioned 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 Assistand again.+
so I tried Yasu, verified permission, verified disk, and everything was ok, but in Disk Utility I was trying to split or change size of my disk but there is one error again:
+*Partition failed.*+
+Partition failed with the error: No space left on device+
but I have 64GB free space!
how must I "+Restore your information to the disk+" or what else can I do?
thanks!

arajs wrote:
I used Boot Camp Assistant (for instaling Windows XP) and there was Partition error:
+*The disc cannot be partioned 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 Assistand again.+
so I tried Yasu, verified permission, verified disk, and everything was ok, but in Disk Utility I was trying to split or change size of my disk but there is one error again:
+*Partition failed.*+
+Partition failed with the error: No space left on device+
but I have 64GB free space!
how must I "+Restore your information to the disk+" or what else can I do?
thanks!
This is a standard error message.
If you would have checked into the bootcamp forum you would have instantly found the solution.
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1244&start=0
All that error message means is that you do not have enough conguous disk space available. No big deal at all for an older system. You have bits of files strewn over the "free space."
The solution as you would find in the bootcamp forum is to clone your HD, using a file-file clone, then test the clone to be sure it is working and then to erase your HD and clone back.
Works every time.
Message was edited by: Theodore

Partition failed with error input output

Hi All,
I installed a new hard drive (WD 500G) into my 2006 Macbook, Mac OS X 10.4.10. I also increased the RAM to 2G. My Macbook reconized the hard drive. However, I followed the steps below to format the HD, but got the partition failed with error input output msg.
1. Went to Disk Utility, selected the name of new hard drive in the sidebar.
2. Select the Partition tab, and selected 1 partition from the drop down menu.
3. Click Options, then choose GUID .
4. Select Partition
In previous posts someone suggested updating the softward to 10.4.11 or the erasing the HD, but erasing the hard drive would take 13 hours according to my Macbook. Any suggestions? Please Help!

The error usually means the drive is bad. But you can try this:
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1. Boot from your OS X Installer Disc. After the installer loads select your language and click on the Continue button. When the menu bar appears select Disk Utility from the Utilities menu.
2. After DU loads select your hard drive (this is the entry with the mfgr.'s ID and size) from the left side list. Note the SMART status of the drive in DU's status area. If it does not say "Verified" then the drive is failing or has failed and will need replacing. SMART info will not be reported on external drives. Otherwise, click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Under the Volume Scheme heading set the number of partitions from the drop down menu to one. Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to GUID then click on the OK button. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the process has completed.
4. Select the volume you just created (this is the sub-entry under the drive entry) from the left side list. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window.
5. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled.) Click on the Security button, check the button for Zero Data and click on OK to return to the Erase window.
6. Click on the Erase button. The format process can take up to several hours depending upon the drive size.
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Install OS X Using Internet Recovery
Be sure you backup your files to an external drive or second internal drive because the following procedure will remove everything from the hard drive.
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partition failed with the error: The target Core Storage volume is locked
Hello everybody!
Please help me.
I'm using MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Mid 2014), Processer:2.6 GHz Intel Core i5, Memory: 8 GB 1600 MHz DDR3.
my computer i have divided in 3 drives: 1-Machintosh HD (Mac OS) 2-Bootcamp (Window OS) & 3-Data (drive for data storage).
I don't want to use Window OS on my computer anymore so I decided to delete drive Data (the third drive) & Window OS (the second drive).
I want my hard drive become a single drive back but when I was formatting, there were some problem display:
then i clicked ok and it displayed like this:
then i try to format or create new partition, it's nothing happen when press button apply.
my computer has storage space 256GB but now when it is happened like this my storage space is only 127GB only.
so please help me.. what so I do with this problem.
Thank you.!

arajs wrote:
I used Boot Camp Assistant (for instaling Windows XP) and there was Partition error:
+*The disc cannot be partioned 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 Assistand again.+
so I tried Yasu, verified permission, verified disk, and everything was ok, but in Disk Utility I was trying to split or change size of my disk but there is one error again:
+*Partition failed.*+
+Partition failed with the error: No space left on device+
but I have 64GB free space!
how must I "+Restore your information to the disk+" or what else can I do?
thanks!
This is a standard error message.
If you would have checked into the bootcamp forum you would have instantly found the solution.
http://discussions.apple.com/forum.jspa?forumID=1244&start=0
All that error message means is that you do not have enough conguous disk space available. No big deal at all for an older system. You have bits of files strewn over the "free space."
The solution as you would find in the bootcamp forum is to clone your HD, using a file-file clone, then test the clone to be sure it is working and then to erase your HD and clone back.
Works every time.
Message was edited by: Theodore

HT4718 i need to install a fresh copy of OS X onto my macbook pro 13. i did erase the old partition "macintosh hd" & now when i am trying to create a new partition, it shows "partition failed..couldnt unmount disk"...pls help !!

i need to install a fresh copy of OS X onto my macbook pro 13. i did erase the old partition "macintosh hd" & now when i am trying to create a new partition, it shows "partition failed..couldnt unmount disk"...pls help !!

First of all, I have to ask, why to you "need" to install a fresh copy of OSX?
This may mean that your hard drive is failing, so hopefully you have a backup.
I'm assuming you were in your recovery partition when you did this.
I would, from the recovery partition, repair your hard drive and permissions.
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And then try to create the partition again.
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Try a third party utility like DiskWarrior or TechTool which may be able to repair your hard drive:
DiskWarrior 4 - The Disk Utility for Mac Disk Repair, Mac Directory Repair, Mac Disk Recovery, Mac Data Recovery or Techtool Pro 7
Try internet recovery, perhaps erase the entire hard drive and reinstall ML.
If nothing else works, then I'd replace the HD and start over.

I get the following error when formatting a external hard drive. Partition failed with the error: POSIX reports: The operation couldn't be completed. Cannot allocate memory

I get the following error when formatting a external hard drive.
Partition failed with the error:
POSIX reports: The operation couldn’t be completed. Cannot allocate memory
I have a Macbook pro 13" A1278. I purchased it around december 2010. I have a HHD 3.5" drive desktop select II 1.5TB. I purchased it around Febuary/March 2011 to use with my Macbook pro. I formatted it and moved all my files to there, I got it so my macbook's hard drive wouldn't brake and I lose everything on my macbook.
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Lenevo ideapad s410 one key recovery service partition fails

HiRecently i extend my C: drive by using the Mini Tools Partition wizard and also format and delete partition of my other data partition but i dint change any system or recovery partition. After doing that i cant recover from One key recovery,it says that cant find the service partition. Also i cant take any system backup. Can anyone help me recover this

Hi anup002,
Welcome to Lenovo Community Forums!
The OKR system depends on the Partition ID's of the HDD, Shrinking or Extending a Partition may render the OKR Not to work.
Restoring the OKR after a partition change may be a hard work.
Please check this Article.
http://forum.notebookreview.com/threads/how-to-restore-onekey-recovery-function-after-changing-partition-size-y580-and-maybe-others.688883/
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Solid Cruver

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I partitioned my external hard drive into two parts. Now I want to change it back to one partition (500 gb).
I backed up all the data.
When I use disk utility and try to re-partition to create one partition from the two existing partitions, I get the error message:
Partition failed
Could not unmount disk.
What am I doing wrong??
THANKS.

Sean M wrote:
I partitioned my external hard drive into two parts. Now I want to change it back to one partition (500 gb).
I backed up all the data.
When I use disk utility and try to re-partition to create one partition from the two existing partitions, I get the error message:
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What are you booting from Sean ?
You could always startup with the external Off, runn DU then turn external ON.. and try.

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Hi everybody,
I have just installed Yosemite on my iMac and everything works right.
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I have deliberately only used Apple apps for all procedures because they are part of the OS -no extra cost- and should be the safe to use.
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