How to set up without reformatting disk?

Hi There, When I try to run Boo Camp Assistant on my Macbook 10.5.6 It tells me that it "The disk cannot be partitioned because some files could not be moved...use Disk utility to formate as a single Mac OS extended (Journaled) Volume, restore your information to the disk and try Boot Camp Assistant again" I'm nervous about doing that. Is there any safer work around? Thank you, Joanna.

Hi,
if you trust iDefrag http://www.coriolis-systems.com/iDefrag.php enough, you might wanna buy.
But the backup/restore approach is usually cheaper and IMHO more trusty.
Regards
Stefan

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