How do I get my disk formatted for windows?

I know this question has been asked a thousand times on this but my error is not like other peoples. I am trying to partition my harddrive for windows, and i have the windows software. I put the software on the disk and when I run boot camp to partition, it gives me an error saying "Back up the disk and use Disk Utility to format is as single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. Restore your informatio to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant again". I use time Machine so all of my information is backed up. I used to have my harddrive partitioned before this but it has been deleted since. What do I do?

This is just one of the reasons I don't use BootCamp.
The primary reason is that I WILL NOT reboot to get to Windows for something while I'm still working in OS X.
Parallels, or VMWare Fusion are much better than BootCamp, for many reasons.
1. You DON'T need to repartition to use a VM.
2. You can replace a VM much faster than a BootCamp OS if you need to.
3. You can run a VM from a removable or external drive so you don't have to take up space on your primary HD.
4. You DON'T need to reboot your Mac to access the VM.

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I have 4 hard drives in my MacPro 1) Mac os as main use 2) windows 7, apps and docs 3) Split a) Windows XP b) backup for Mac on disk 1... and Disk 4!
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4. Added in edit. Format Disk 4 to be FAT32 using Disk Utility in Mac. Then reformat it from Windows 7 Disk Management to be NTFS. This might be the best free route but not as versatile as the two paid options.
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