Mac OS X 10.8.3 Bootcamp on 3 TB iMac

Hello,
I have reformatted my 3 TB iMac in 1 partition and installed Mac OS X 10.8 plus the update to 10.8.3 in order to finally use Windows 7 on my machine with Bootcamp.
However, when I start up Bootcamp Assistent it refuses to partition my HD because it needs to have startup disk with 1 partition formatted Mac OS Extended Journaled. The drive is already formatted like this, so why do I get this error message?
Hopefully someone can help????

I have a brand new 27" iMac with the 3 TB fusion drive. Was VERY excited to finally install Boot Camp. Went through the Boot Camp Assistant and it's been frozen for two hours about 1/4 of the way through the "Status: Partitioning Disk" screen. Ridiculous.
Considering wiping the whole drive and starting from scratch as I have a Time Machine backup of everything, but does anyone know why the ONE THING Apple said was going to work with this update actually doesn't work worth a ****?
Any help would be appreciated. Glad I spent $3,000 on the TOP of the line iMac...
RIDICULOUS, Apple. Bring Steve back from the dead so things will start working again.

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{quote}If the Firewall was On I would ask if you had set it up as an Exception
http://www.ralphjohnsuk.dsl.pipex.com/page12.html#_Service{quote}
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{quote}The question now becomes have you allowed it through McAfee ?{quote}
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{quote}Next I would have to ask if the modem or router is allowing the AIM application ?{quote}
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