Unable to partition for bootcamp

I posted earlier about this issue.
Summary: I am unable to partition my main HDD on my rMBP. It said I need to repair in recovery mode. In recovery, I verified and repaired, and it said it was all good. Tried again, and still failed.
So now I tried turning to a different disk utility other than the built in one, and some said that it doesn't work with encrypted drives. Could that be why it wasn't working? Because the drive is encrypted with FileVault?

Thank you, Linc. Is there a way to determine what OS was installed with the machine when it was first shipped?
I inherited the machine from a previous employee so, unfortunately, no one seems to have any details on where the software is.

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There are differences between each Mac and what the original configuration of the Mac is/was. If your Mac originally came with an Optical drive, burning the ISO to a DVD and using it will work. Hardware modifications like Optibay will cause problems. Modifying Bootcamp info.plist will cause problems. Disk Utility partitioning will cause problems. A custom Hybrid MBR will cause problems. External Optical drives are unlikely to work. There is long litany of grief.

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I open up Boot Camp Assistant, select Install Windows 7 then i divide my windows partition to 350 GB and click Install with the Windows 7 disk inserted... but it still says wait for the disk to be recognised and doesnt go through...
If i remember correctly, on Snow Leopard it was first creating the partition and then it was working perfectly...
Any clues?

Are you referring to the Windows disc Boot Camp isn't recognising? Perhaps try putting the disc back in the disc drive and then try opening Boot Camp Assistant and continue with the installation of Windows through the Boot Camp Assistant. In order to install Windows, the Boot Camp Assistant would ask you how much space you wish to allocate to the Windows install (for you to use once Windows is fully installed). If you set "divide equally" it would shrink the existing Mac OS X partition of the hard drive and create a new partition on the extra space that would then be available to use, which it would create a Windows-compatible partition for Windows to use. So 2 partitions would be on the hard drive now. So when you launch Boot Camp again, you can go to the "Install Windows 7" option straight away, as I'm presuming Boot Camp already created the separate Windows-compatible partition on the hard drive.

Error when trying to partition for Bootcamp

Evening everyone,
I use parallels at the moment but have a piece of software which isn't quite behaving itself. As I have just upgraded to leopard, I thought I would see if setting up Bootcamp and running it in there would solve the problem. I freed up plenty of disk space but when trying to create a 10GB partition in the setup assistant I got this error:
'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 don't know much about the technical side of my computer - partitioning and formatting etc so that message sounds all very scary to me. Is it saying I need to wipe my hard drive and re-format it? It is already formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled). If so, can I do that from my Time Machine backups? it sounds like a really drastic action. Also, could this be anything to do with my current Parallels software?
Thanks very much for your time, any help would be much appreciated!

when you say "plenty of disk space" how much exactly is that?
that message indicates that bootcamp assistant couldn't find big enough chunk of contiguous free space to create a bootcamp partition. this happens due to disk fragmentation.
at the minimum you should boot from the leopard install DVD and repair the hard drive (repair disk, not permissions).
If you still want to install bootcamp you need to defrag your hard drive. there are several ways to do it. you can use 3rd party software like idefrag. You can clone your disk to an external drive using a 3rd party cloner like CCCloner or Superduper. then boot from the clone and clone it back to the main drive. Or, if you have time machine, you can restore your system from a TM backup. that will also defrag your hard drive. To do that boot from the install DVD and select 'restore system from backup" from the Utilities menu at the top. that seems to be the suggestion the message you saw makes.
also, keep in mind that you need to keep plenty of free space (>15%) on your OS X partition to avoid disk fragmentation problems.
Message was edited by: V.K.

Can I force the bootcamp wizard to skip looking for the bootcamp drivers? I have already downloaded the latest drivers and loaded them on a FAT usb drive. All I want is for bootcamp to create the partition and allow me to install windows 8 pro

Hi Everyone,
Can I force the bootcamp wizard to skip looking for the bootcamp drivers? I have already downloaded the latest drivers and loaded them on a FAT usb drive. All I want is for bootcamp to create the partition and allow me to install windows 8 pro.
The bootcamp drivers have been downloaded from apple's website. Filename: BootCamp5.0.5033
I have a iMac 27" late 2013 model.
NOTE: I have downloaded the drivers manually from apples support site as the bootcamp wizard fails third of the way through the download.
Appreciate any assistance.
Regards,
asdutoit

There is a missing point in this thread, and it is that the Boot Camp drivers for the Late 2013 iMac can only be downloaded from Boot Camp Assistant. The Boot Camp drivers available in the Apple site are not compatible with that iMac.
Delete the Boot Camp drivers from the USB drive, open Boot Camp Assistant and try to download the Boot Camp drivers again. If you get a message telling you that they could not be downloaded, I would try reinstalling OS X through OS X Recovery, by holding down Command and R keys while your Mac is starting up

Strange error when Bootcamp attempts to create partition for Windows

I get a strange error when I tell Bootcamp to create a partition for Windows. I get to the Create a Partition stage. I select 20GB for Windows leaving 91GB (39GB free) for OS X. I then click Partition and it gives me the following error
*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.
My disk is formatted in Mac OS Extended (Journaled), I have closed all applications (besides Bootcamp Assistant) and I have even restarted and tried again to see if that might help. Nothing. I can't get it to partition. Any thoughts? Can I partition my disk manually through disk utility and then select it in Bootcamp?

Hi,
this gets asked at least a thousand times by now.
Have a look at this thread for solution http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=10540273&#10540273
Regards
Stefan

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Boot into OSX. Go back into the Bootcamp utility in the Utilities folder and re-run it. It will give you the option to remove the Windows partition and make the OSX partition fill the whole drive again. OSX will NOT be lost in the process. No re-installing necessary. Only takes a few minutes or less to complete.

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Size requirements for Bootcamp/Windows 7 partition?

Hi,
I partitioned my 256 GB flash drive with 60 GB for Bootcamp. Then I installed Windows 7.
Windows explorer says that I have 2.83 GB of free space left on the Bootcamp partition!!!? Can that be right?
I checked Properties on all of the Bootcamp/C: drive top level folders. They add up to about 27 GB. Where's the rest of the space gone?
Thanks!

Just an additional note: Apple Bootcamp Support states that, for 64-bit Windows 7, 20 GB of hard drive space is required. I provided 60 GB. What happened to the other 35+ GB of space on that partition...?
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1899

BootCamp Unable to partition my harddrive

I'm trying to create a new partition using bootcamp but it wont let me. I keep on getting an error message that suggests that i
"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."
any suggestions ?
p.s. i made a previous partition and deleted through BootCamp Assistant

Welcome to the Apple forums!
You will need to do what it says. It means there is not enough contiguous free space to create a bootcamp partition of the size you asked for. May be OK with a smaller size.
LOTS of threads about this if you want more info.
Here is a typical one.
Good luck.

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Hi i am trying to repartition imac 21.5 for bootcamp but it says that it cant partition as a fault has occoured ca anyone help thanks

Hello, brijo22.
You may want to follow the steps outlined in the following article to make sure that there are no issues with your Hard Drive prior to attempting partitioning for Boot Camp.
Using Disk Utility to verify or repair disks
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1782
Best regards,
Allen

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Want to install windows 7 64bit only partitioned for 20mb in bootcamp can i increase bootcamp partition before installing?

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normbenard wrote:
Using Mac desktop and Boot Camp get to the step where I need to choose what size partition for Windows ver 7 and have tried all different sizes with no luck?
Norm
"...have tried all different sizes with no luck" tells us nothing about what size you tried. If indeed you tried all different sizes then you don't have enough space. What size did you try? What happens when you try? What error messages do you get?

Mulitple partition, one for Bootcamp to play PC Games?

Hi everyone,
I have a thought, I play PC games with my sons, and also still like windows xp, what I have been using is boot camp, but I find myself there all the time, and as of today my MAC is still in repair, so I have been thinking that maybe I can take one partition to play games in BC, and another so that I can run Leopard and VM, to utilize the best of both worlds, I miss my MAC applications but also have a lot of Windows items as well...can I do this? Any ideas.
Why I have stayed with BC thus far, after trying Paralles is that the drivers do not work with the games and losing half my ram....like the concept but not the execution, reading about VM and wondered if that will give me more of what I am looking for...THX in advance.

I'm not sure of what "BC" is but...
You can set up one partition for Windows, Boot Camp will do it for you, so you don't need to reformat anything.
Also, new software often allows you to use the Boot Camp Partition as your Windows file, so you don't have two copies. I suggest you look on the site (Parallels or Fusion) to check out their features.
This way you can boot into Windows for your games (with little, if at all any, loss of CPU, RAM, et cetera) and into your Mac for your Mac applications. Also, if you are on OS X and want to run a windows program, you can do so through the program without having to boot into Windows. It'll mean slowing down your Windows programs, but it's fine for programs (not games).
Lastly, just a little tip, Mac is a Macintosh computer, MAC is a Media Access Controller. They are both computer terms and you don't want to get them confused. XD.

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Hello,
I am trying to set up bootcamp on my Late 2013 13" MBP running Yosemite 10.10.1 (14B25). I went and purchased a 16GB flash drive and directly followed the instructions laid out here. I have a family copy (3 activation codes) of Windows 7 Home Premium. I used the 64bit. After formatting my USB to FAT32, and mounting the W7 ISO, I followed and completed all instructions listed above
Upon rebooting into windows, I selected my partition labeled "BOOTCAMP" and tried to continue. I was prompted with "Setup was unable to create a new system partition or locate an existing system partition. See the Setup log files for more information." from the Windows installer. After coming across this thread, I removed anything plugged in (outside of the USB w/ W7 ISO) and tried again. No luck. Lastly, I tried moving the USB from the left to the right, no luck. I then tried to reformat the USB ISO as prompted by the Installer, and that didn't work. (I assume this would have wiped the drive - probably a dumb idea)
I restarted and booted into OSX. I assumed that my best bet would be to restart everything and try again. I removed the partition from my Microsoft HD, and went to erase my USB drive. Upon trying to reformat it as I had before, I realized there is no option for FAT32 in Disk Utility. I have attached an image of this. I am not sure what happened here. I have reformatted the drive by Erasing and Partitioning it multiple different times. Still not option for FAT32. I have been sure to have selected Master Boot Record.
I assume I now can't try again until I am able to reformat the USB into FAT32 so I can again mount my ISO and go from there.
Any guidance? What are my options here?

Confirm that this is what you have been doing?
Selecting an Operating System During Startup
You can select which operating system to use during startup by holding down the Option key. This displays icons for all available startup disks, and lets you override the default setting for the startup disk in Startup Disk preferences (Mac OS X) or the Boot Camp control panel (Windows) without changing that setting.
To select an operating system during startup:
1 Restart your computer and hold down the Option key until disk icons appear onscreen.
2 Select the startup disk with the operating system you want to use, and then click the arrow beneath the icon.
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Removing Windows from Your Computer
How you remove Windows from your computer depends on whether you installed Windows on a second disk partition or on a single-volume disk.
If you installed Windows on a second disk partition: Using Boot Camp Assistant as described below, remove Windows by deleting the Windows partition and restoring the disk to a single-partition Mac OS X volume.
If your computer has multiple disks and you installed Windows on a disk that has only one partition: Start up in Mac OS X and use Disk Utility, in the Utilities folder, to reformat it as a Mac OS X volume.
To delete Windows and the Windows partition:
1 Start up in Mac OS X.
2 Quit all open applications and log out any other users on your computer.
3 Open Boot Camp Assistant.
4 Select “Remove Windows 7,” and then click Continue.
5 Do one of the following:
Â If your computer has a single internal disk, click Restore.
Â If your computer has multiple internal disks, select the disk with Windows on it, and then select “Restore to a single Mac OS partition” and click Continue.
If yes, we now have to get you to get the MBP to boot and that is relatively easy, provided that you have followed all the right steps.

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