I'm getting the infamous 'Files Cannot be Moved" error when partitioning

I'm on my Intel iMac, and currently have 186.55 GB of free space on my hard drive. I wanted to make a 32 GB partition for Windows Vista, but I keep getting the error message telling me back up my info and format to Mac OS Extended (Journaled) (which it already is). I did have VMware Fusion installed, but I deleted it after I found out that it can cause this problem.
At one point, I was actually successful at creating a 15 GB partition, but upon trying to install windows, it told me I needed to have at least 21 GB free for some reason. So I deleted that partition and tried to create a new 32 GB partition. But once again I got the same message from Boot Camp telling me that "Some files couldn't be moved".
I'd rather not have to defrag my HD (unless you can point me towards some defraging software for Mac), and I've tried deleted plenty of huge files that were several gigs in size.
I'm at a loss here, so are there any other solutions out there?
Message was edited by: Tanner Stevens

Not a computer expert, but in recently installing Leopard and then boot camp, I've experienced a lot of the common issues discussed on this forum (mail issues for leopard and "files cannot be moved" with boot camp). I followed the idefrag path (paid the $30), created the bootable dvd, ran it (took less than two hours), freed up only a GB or two, but I was able to then partition my drive (15GB for Windows) without an issue and installed windows xp pro without a single issue. It took a bit of time, but I would say it beats reformatting your HD. Whether or not you "should" have to defrag a mac, the reality is that boot camp wouldn't work before I defragged, but worked smoothly afterwards. Definitely worth giving it a shot.

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