I need help with boot camp. "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."

This message appears every time I try to partition my disk:
"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 verified my Macintosh HD disk on Disk utility and then tried to repair it, but I am unable to click the repair button.
It says it's not available because the startup disk is selected.
I don't know what to do or how to go about both these problems.
Please, any suggestions?

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Odd problem with partitioning the disk-- it says it needs to be a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume, but it already is? (Screenshots in post)

I have a 1 TB Macbook Pro running Mavericks.
My disk is a single-volume...
Here is the information on my disk:
And I'm trying to use boot camp assist to partition my disk, like this:
But when I do, I get this error 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."
It already is a single Mac OS Extended journaled volume. Right? Here is an image from Disk Utility:
Any ideas?

Hey there!
It sounds like you are unable to install BootCamp due to an error that your some files cannot be moved, and to format your disk as a single volume, but you have confirmed that it already is. I would verify and repair your disk permissions with the following article next, if you have already restarted your computer and tried again:
Disk Utility 12.x: Repair disk permissions
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph5821
Choose Apple menu > Software Update to make sure you have the latest version of Mac OS X.Software updates sometimes change a file’s permissions to improve security, so updating your software can solve some permissions problems.
Open Disk Utility, in the Utilities folder in Launchpad.
Select the disk you want to check.You can verify or repair permissions only on a disk with Mac OS X v10.7 Lion installed.
Click First Aid.
Do one of the following:
Click Verify Disk Permissions to test permissions.
Click Repair Disk Permissions to test and repair permissions.
Disk Utility repairs the permissions for files installed by the Mac OS X Installer, Software Update, or an Apple software installer. It doesn’t repair permissions for your documents, your home folder, or third-party applications.
If that does not resolve the issue, I would next verify and repair the disk with this:
Disk Utility 12.x: Repair a disk
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH5836
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Take care,
Sterling

The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows.

The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows.

nikasv wrote:
The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows.
That's essentially what Solving Boot Camp partition creation problems says. What is your question?

Installing bootcamp, pauses and reads "Back up the disk and format it to a single Mac OS extended journaled"

I just ran disk utility as promted and checked, the main disk is already formatted to a single Mac OS extended (journaled).
It previously had parallels partitioning, it is still installed and I can't uninstall it, could this be the problem?

Siat Mauk wrote:
I just ran disk utility as promted and checked, the main disk is already formatted to a single Mac OS extended (journaled).
It previously had parallels partitioning, it is still installed and I can't uninstall it, could this be the problem?
No, Parallels does not create a partition, it's just another program.

Boot Camp won't partition my disc because it says I need to reformat as a single mac os extended (journaled) even though it already is.

I'm trying to partition my Macbook Pro early 2011 with Boot Camp Assistant so I can run Windows 7, however when I tell it to create the partition I get an error that says:
"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."
Problem is, my Macbook is already a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled)! Any idea of what I should do to get around this? Do I have to wipe and restore my files? I'm using Boot Camp 4.0.1

Kappy wrote:
The problem:
You are asking for more contiguous space than is available on the drive.
The drive is highly fragmented.
Here's what you need to do:
Request a smaller Windows partition. If that isn't feasible then do the following:
Cheap and Easy Defragmentation
You will have to backup your OS X partition to an external drive, boot from the external drive, use Disk Utility to repartition and reformat your hard drive back to a single volume, then restore your backup to the internal hard drive.
1. Get an empty external hard drive and clone your internal drive to the
       external one.
2. Boot from the external hard drive.
3. Erase the internal hard drive.
4. Restore the external clone to the internal hard drive.
Clone using Restore Option of Disk Utility
1. Open Disk Utility in the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag
       it to the Destination entry field.
5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
      the Source entry field.
6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the external backup drive. Source means the internal startup drive.
Restart the computer and after the chime press and hold down the OPTION key until the boot manager appears. Select the icon for the external drive and click on the upward pointing arrow button.
After startup do the following:
Erase internal hard drive
1. Open Disk Utility in your Utilities folder.
2. After DU loads select your internal 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. Set the format type to Mac OS Extended
       (Journaled.) Click on the Options button, set the partition scheme to
       GUID then click on the OK button. Click on the Partition button and wait
       until the process has completed.
Restore the clone to the internal hard drive
1. Open Disk Utility in the Utilities folder.
2. Select the destination volume from the left side list.
3. Click on the Restore tab in the DU main window.
4. Select the destination volume from the left side list and drag
       it to the Destination entry field.
5. Select the source volume from the left side list and drag it to
      the Source entry field.
6. Double-check you got it right, then click on the Restore button.
Destination means the internal hard drive. Source means the external startup drive.
Note that the Source and Destination drives are swapped for this last procedure.
I've come across this problem myself, so I attempted this procedure, although I receive an input/output error when trying restore my internal hdd to my external. I have never a problem with either. Could I instead create an image using DU and save it to the external drive then extract that image to my internal drive later? If so, is there any additional steps I need to take?

Boot Camp error: The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Jounraled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows.

Hi!
I am getting the error:
"The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Jounraled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows."
I read up some on google, but all of them says that they have crated a partition and that is the problem, I only have the standard "Macintosh HD".
I tried to create a partition manually in disk utility but then the error message: "Partition failed with error message: Could not unmount disk."
Can anyone help me? It's driving me crazy.
Thanks.

This message, and threads like yours got asked daily for over two years, now it is only a couple times a week!!
Is it so hard to follow through? you were to have backup already, clones are best, then erase/format and restore.
Then partition.
Some have been able to use Disk Utility booted from OS X DVD or another drive, and repair the drive.
You have to use Boot Camp Assistant (99.9% anyway) to create and achieve a proper Windows Master Boot Record partition.

Need Help with Transporting Playlists Back to I-Tunes

If anyone can help with this issue, I would really appreciate it. Here's my situation:
After many long hours organizing my playlists on I-Tunes, my pc malfunctioned and I needed a complete software overhaul. Therefore, I have had to reinstall all software programs on my computer...including I-Tunes. Due to these procedures, I have lost all of my playlists on I-Tunes.
I did manage to save all of my songs to an external hard drive, and I have copied them back to my I-Tunes library (albeit without any playlists). What I would like to be able to do is transfer the organized playlists from my ipod back to I-Tunes to avoid a massive reorganization project.
I should point out that hardly any of my music has come from buying songs on I-Tunes so the "Transfer Purchases" option does not seem a viable option.
Thanks so much to anyone who can offer suggestions.

Aside from the method I already mentioned in this thread, there is Yamipod. This is a free program that transfers music from iPod back to the computer. However, it does not transfer playcounts/ratings etc.
Other free programs are Pod Player, SharePod and Floola.

Need help with java browser "Back" button

All:
I'm trying to make the "Back" button in my Java web browser work. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Here is my code:
import javax.swing.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.text.html.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;
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final String Back = "Back";
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JToolBar tb = new JToolBar(); //a JToolBar sits above the JEditorPane & contains
JTextField tf = new JTextField(40); // the JTextField & go button
JLabel address = new JLabel(" Address: ");
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panel.add(scroll,BorderLayout.CENTER); //adds the scroll pane to center of panel
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tf.setActionCommand(Back);
tf.addActionListener(this); //adds an ActionListener to the JTextField (so user can
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tb.add(address); //this adds the Label "Address:" to the JToolBar
tb.add(tf); //this adds the JTextField to the JToolBar
tb.add(go); //this adds the go button to the JToolBar
panel.add(tb,BorderLayout.NORTH); //adds the JToolBar to the top (North) of panel
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frame.setSize(1000,900);
frame.setVisible(true);
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Here it is. I need to be able to click the Back button and view the previous URL.
import javax.swing.*;
import java.net.*;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.*;
import javax.swing.event.*;
import java.util.*;
import java.io.*;
import javax.swing.text.html.*;
import javax.swing.text.*;
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final String Back = "Back";
JEditorPane ep = new JEditorPane(); //a JEditorPane allows display of HTML & RTF
JToolBar tb = new JToolBar(); //a JToolBar sits above the JEditorPane & contains
JTextField tf = new JTextField(40); // the JTextField & go button
JLabel address = new JLabel(" Address: ");
JButton back = new JButton(Back);
JButton go = new JButton(GO);
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JPanel panel = new JPanel(bl);
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panel.add(scroll,BorderLayout.CENTER); //adds the scroll pane to center of panel
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tf.setActionCommand(Back);
tf.addActionListener(this); //adds an ActionListener to the JTextField (so user can
go.addActionListener(this); //use "Enter Key")
tb.add(back); //this adds the back button to the JToolBar
tb.add(address); //this adds the Label "Address:" to the JToolBar
tb.add(tf); //this adds the JTextField to the JToolBar
tb.add(go); //this adds the go button to the JToolBar
panel.add(tb,BorderLayout.NORTH); //adds the JToolBar to the top (North) of panel
frame.setContentPane(panel);
frame.setSize(1000,900);
frame.setVisible(true);
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urlString = "http://"+urlString;
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if(type == HyperlinkEvent.EventType.ACTIVATED)
openURL(he.getURL().toExternalForm());
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String command = ae.getActionCommand();
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openURL(tf.getText());
history.add(tf.getText());
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if(command.equals(Back))
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HT3275 Need help with Time Machine back up

I keep receiving this message: Time Machine could not complete the back up. The back up disk image "Volumes/Data/A**** W**** Mac Book Pro. Sparse Bundle" could not be created. (error 1). Time Machine and Airport are up to date, as is the Macbook Pro. I have not been able to find a work around for this error. Any advice would be appreciated.

There are different reasons for that problem. Follow the steps of this page > http://pondini.org/TM/C17.html

I need help with creating a partition with bootcamp. I run OSX Lion and want to also run Windows 7.

Bootcamp is not allowing me to create the partition. The message i get when i try to do so is as follows:
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 am looking in Disc Utility and am not sure what to do.
To me it looks like i only have one 'single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. So i am not sure exactly what it is requiring me to do?
Help greatly appreciated!

Look to the right under "More Like This". Your issue has been discussed many many times. The error you are seeing is because you do not have enough free "contiguous" space on your hard drive. Read the other threads that address this issue to find how to solve the issue.
Or, put "The disk cannot be partitioned because some files cannot be moved" into the search box at the upper right of this page.

Need help with " BOOTCAMP" after trying to install windows 7

I have a problem. I was trying to install windows 7 on my MBP, i followed all of the instructions. When i was trying to install the cd it was asking me in what partition that i wanted to install the drivers Partition 0, 1, 2, 3 etc. I had to create a new one and it asked me and gave me and option that it will need to erase mac(journaled) and it gave me another option to create a new volumen, the one that i erased was mac(journaled) i don't know if i was supposed to or not. Now when i click the BOOTCAMP to start the windows set up this is the message that pops up " The startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows. "
I tried everything and it is till doing the same thing i don't know what to do !! if somebody can help me i will very much appreciated.
Another thing i did not mention. The message started showing up after i click the option erase and mac(journaled) and create a new one and after i installed mac os x 10.5.7 in the bootcamp partition.

Used Boot Camp Assistant only, and not Disk Utility, to create one volume for Windows? you wouldn't want to erase and use mac extended journaled.
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Need help with Bootcamp, Superduper and Winclone.... drivn me a little nutz

Okay..
I just got a 17" and I used Superdupe to clone my 15" and used Winclone to do the same for my windows partition.
I bought a new 500 gig hard drive and formatted it. I formatted it to Mac OS Extended Journaled with just one partition.
After cloning (2 hours or so..) - I restarted with the new hard drive in the new 17" and went to bootcamp and it says...
"The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. Restore your information to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant again."
Ok - so I went back to disk utility and did it all over again - making sure there is just one partition... now after 2 hours and super duper working again.. I am getting the same message from Boot Camp..
Any help!!! I just did this about a month ago and did not have this problem.. I think what I did last time was partition the drive in Mac and boot in windows and make the partition a windows format.. which I think worked.. but I cant remember..
Its about to drive me nutz..
thanks!
Mark

Okay..
I just got a 17" and I used Superdupe to clone my 15" and used Winclone to do the same for my windows partition.
I bought a new 500 gig hard drive and formatted it. I formatted it to Mac OS Extended Journaled with just one partition.
After cloning (2 hours or so..) - I restarted with the new hard drive in the new 17" and went to bootcamp and it says...
"The startup disk cannot be partitioned or restored to a single partition. Restore your information to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant again."
Ok - so I went back to disk utility and did it all over again - making sure there is just one partition... now after 2 hours and super duper working again.. I am getting the same message from Boot Camp..
Any help!!! I just did this about a month ago and did not have this problem.. I think what I did last time was partition the drive in Mac and boot in windows and make the partition a windows format.. which I think worked.. but I cant remember..
Its about to drive me nutz..
thanks!
Mark

Need help with backup and clean install

Need Assistance with G5
Background
I'm an inexperienced Mac user with a G5, twin 2.0 gig processors and 1.5
gig ram. The OS is v10.3.6. It is the latest OS that will not slow down
internet (Safari/Mail) applications. Anything newer has really slowed internet applications down big time.
Current Problem
I've probably messed up my hard drive by switching back and forth
(archive/install) from newer to present OS. I now have corrupted data and
while my Mac is useable, several things do not work (disk utility, printing
and possibly more). I have a mixture of new and older versions of
these applications/utilities in my OS.
Going Forward
I believe I need to wipe out my hard drive and do a clean install. I also have a Mac mini which I can use (I believe) for backup via firewire.
Backup
Is everything I need to backup in the "User" folder? My spouse and I have
separate accounts and a shared account on the same Mac, with a total of 8.5 gig of data, mostly photo's and music. We want to save that and the usual preferences and favorites/bookmarks/addresses/email, etc. It would be nice if all I had to do was drag the user folder into the target drive.
I'd appreciate any assistance. I have more questions which I'll get to later, but I need to start somewhere.
Thanks all
Mac G5

Backing up your Users folder will save everything in all the accounts on the computer including pictures, music, preferences, etc. as long as they were kept in that folder.
If you have File Vault turned on you should turn it off. The "correct" procedure for transferring to your Mac Mini is as follows:
1. Turn both computers off. Connect them together with a Firewire cable.
2. Boot the G5 into Target Disk Mode.
3. Then boot the Mac Mini normally. The G5's hard drive should be present on the Mini's Desktop.
4. Create a new folder on the Mini and name it something appropriate like G5 User Backup. Drag the Users folder on the G5 into this new folder on the Mini.
After the transfer completes you should verify that everything has been transferred and is there in the folder.
5. Drag the G5's hard drive icon from the Desktop to the Trash or CTRL-click on its icon and select Eject from the contextual menu.
6. Shutdown the G5 and remove the Firewire cable connecting the two computers.
You can now proceed to fix the G5. Because you are planning to erase the hard drive I would like to suggest you do an extended format to prep the hard drive properly for your restoration:
1. Boot from your Panther Installer Disk. After the installer loads select Disk Utility from the Installer 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. Click on the Partition tab in the DU main window.
3. Set the number of partitions from the dropdown menu (use 1 partition unless you wish to make more.) Set the format type to Mac OS Extended (Journaled, if supported.) Click on the Partition button and wait until the volume(s) mount on the Desktop.
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, if supported.) Click on the Options 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 will take 30 minutes to an hour or more depending upon the drive size.
You can then quit Disk Utility and return to the installer. Now proceed to reinstall OS X. Be sure you set up your accounts with the exact same usernames and passwords as you used before.
Once you have completed your reinstallation on the G5 you can restore your Users folder from the Mac Mini.
1. Shut down both computers. Connect them with a Firewire cable.
2. Boot the G5 into Target Disk Mode.
3. Boot the Mac Mini normally. G5's hard drive should appear on the Mini's Desktop.
4. Open a Finder window on the G5's hard drive and drag the Users folder to the Trash (don't delete yet.)
5. Now copy the saved Users folder from the Mac Mini to the G5 (only the Users folder, not the folder in which you stored it.)
6. Eject the G5's hard drive from the Mini's Desktop and shut down the G5.
7. Disconnect the Firewire cable.
Now restart the G5. If all worked well it should start up normally and you should find everything normal in your accounts.
There is one potential problem in all the above. All your account preferences are contained in the Users folder. If you have any corrupted preferences, they will still be corrupted and may continue to cause problems. If that's the case you may need to trash the /Home/Library/Preferences/ folder's contents. Hopefully, this won't be the case, but you should be aware of the possibility.
If eveything is working normally you can empty the Trash and delete the contents. Same on the Mac Mini.

Need help with HD formatting instruction?

Hi,
I am planing to get and external HD for my iTunes Library. The external HD will be used with my G5 for now but I will most likely upgrade to an Intel MacPro within the next year.
Question:
How should I format my external HD to make sure that it will also work with the IntelMac some day?
I have read some threads and I am very confused about the GUI or Apple partition/ format. Also what is " Mac OS Extended (journaled)".
How to proceed?
Thanks
F

Hi-
If you don't plan on using the drive for a boot drive, the partition format doesn't matter, If the drive will be used for booting, a PPC will only boot from an APM formatted drive. An Intel will only boot from a GUID formatted drive. If you are running Tiger version 10.4.6 or later, the PPC will be able to use a GUID formatted drive for data purposes with no problem, you just can't put a bootable clone on it. An Intel machine will use a data disk in the APM format, but won't be able to boot from it.
The Mac OS Extended is the base formatting method of the drive. This formatting dictates how files are handled and the size limits of an individual file:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25557
Journaled refers to a protective mechanism that allows for protection of files in certain circumstances:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107249

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