I'm Getting Lost in this Upgrade

I did an SL upgrade yesterday and got a bit lost. I had 2 goals in mind: (1) Upgrade to SL and (2) remove the bootcamp partition, create a larger one and reinstall windows.
I deleted the Windows partition previously created by Bootcamp and backed up my OS X files using Time Machine. I then did the SL upgrade. The upgrade went fine, but I was unable to create a new Windows partition using bootcamp, receiving the following message:
"The disk cannot be partitioned 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 Assistant again."
I did some reading here on this topic, created an image of my disk using Carbon Copy Cloner and then inserted the original MacBook Pro setup disk that came with my computer and tried to find the correct area in utilities to accomplish the above directed task. After several tries and failure to find the correct utility, I can no longer boot off the MacBook Pro setup disk. The boot screen appears after holding down the option key and when I select the startup disk, after a short time the screen becomes distorted and shows a blue/black/white jagged display.
My computer is running SL properly, but I'm unable to do the format and SL reinstall to try and set up a bootcamp partition for Windows. As a secondary issue, if I reformat the disk successfully, can I just do a fresh SL instal or do I have to instal OSX and then do the upgrade again to SL?
Can anyone help? My appointment at the Genius Bar is a day away.
thanks,
kayjh

The error means you are trying to create a Windows partition that is too large with respect to the amount of contiguous space available on the drive. Try creating a smaller Windows partition.
This generally occurs because there isn't sufficient contiguous space which may be due to disk fragmentation as well as trying to create too large of a partition. If there is enough space available but you cannot create a larger Windows partition, then try defragmenting the drive. The easiest and simplest way to do this is to create a bootable clone on an external hard drive. This can be done as follows:
How to Clone Using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility from the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Erase tab in the DU main window. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (journaled, if available) and click on the Erase button. This step can be skipped if the destination has already been freshly erased.
4. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
5. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag it to the Destination entry field.
6. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to the Source entry field.
7. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external drive.
Source means the startup drive.
Boot from the clone by restarting the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager screen appears. Select the icon for the external drive and click on the downward pointing arrow button. After startup is completed open Disk Utility and erase your main drive, then restore your clone. This will produce a defragmented system drive. You can now restart the computer which will boot from your internal hard drive. You should now be able to create your Windows partition.

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