When I create a windows partition using bootcamp will it reformat my entire harddrive?

Basically I'm wondering if I should install windows on my macbook pro, or not install windows on my macbook pro. Main concern is listed in the header.

It is not *supposed* to.
But make a bootabe clone (CarbonCopyClone or SupderDuper) before, just in case, on a self-powered external disk that is 2x the internal drive.
CarbonCopyClone makes a base-image backup fist, then copies only changes for each next backup. Free download.
SuperDuper makes a complete clone each time for the free download, or an incrmental like CCC if you pay $30.
Bootable clones can boot using the "option" key at startup if something goes wrong and then re-clone back to internal.

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I'm trying to create a Windows partition using Boot Camp. An error comes up telling me that I need to reformat my current partition(s) into one single partition. However, it's already formatted in the correct format, and is already a single partition.

As made clear in the title:
I'm trying to create a Windows partition using Boot Camp. An error comes up telling me that I need to reformat my current partition(s) into one single partition. However, it's already formatted in the correct format, and is already a single partition.
My computer recently had a kernel panic, which apparently the corruption was in the system and needed to be erased and re-installed. I have a complete back-up using an external hard drive, and I am definitely not willing to do another one of those to reformat a partition that is already singular. I restarted the computer after ejecting my back-up, and after turning off time machine (thinking that boot camp was recognizing it as a secondary partition), however the error still occurs.
Is there any way to get around this?

diskutil list:
/dev/disk0
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *750.2 GB   disk0
   1:                        EFI                         209.7 MB   disk0s1
   2:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD            749.3 GB   disk0s2
   3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
/dev/disk1
   #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
   0:                            Windows7               *2.9 GB     disk1
diskutil cs list:
No CoreStorage logical volume groups found
mount:
/dev/disk0s2 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, nosuid, automounted, nobrowse)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
/dev/disk1 on /Volumes/Windows7 (udf, local, nodev, nosuid, read-only, noowners)
From my very basic knowledge - it still looks as if there is only one partition (not including the windows 7 CD necessary to install the windows partition).

Grow Windows Partition using BootCamp or 3rd party application

Hi,
My client is using a MacBook Pro with Mac OS X Leopard and Windows Vista 32 bit. The client uses Windows most of the time.
My question is, can I grow the Windows Partition using BootCamp or a 3rd party app without having to reinstall Windows?

Hi,
best way to enlarge the BootCamp partition is the useage of WinClone http://twocanoes.com/winclone/ which also is a great backup app for BootCamp Windows.
Here are the step-by-step instructions on how-to do this: http://www.twocanoes.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=515 (Under *My current Windows partition is the wrong size, and I want to make it larger. How do I do this?* )
Other applications which claim that hey can resize BootCamp Windows partitions are iPartition and Drive Genius, but I never have used them.
Regards
Stefan

Can't create a windows partition with bootcamp

Hi
i have a MacBook Air. Standard, no changes from my side.
I have the newest Lion update and BootCamp in Version 4.
So, now i want to install Windows 7 64 Bit.
I start BootCamp Assistant.
The first point, is grey. i can't activate it. This point is to create a Windows 7 Install Disk
Second Point is to download the drivers and so on. This is working. I have the stuff on a usb stick.
Third Point is to create/install Windows 7. So, i have the posibility to decide how big i want my windows partition. 20-32 GB.
when i click on create button. There comes a pop up "Installtions CD is not found"
I have a bootable Windows 7 USB Stick (8 GB - Fat32). The Stick works. When i boot with refit from the stick, the Windows 7 installation starts. But without a partition ... not so good :-)
So, what can i do now? BootCamp don`t want the Windows USB Stick.
I need help :-)
Thanks

undefiniert wrote:
Hi
i have a MacBook Air. Standard, no changes from my side.
I have the newest Lion update and BootCamp in Version 4.
So, now i want to install Windows 7 64 Bit.
I start BootCamp Assistant.
The first point, is grey. i can't activate it. This point is to create a Windows 7 Install Disk
Second Point is to download the drivers and so on. This is working. I have the stuff on a usb stick.
Third Point is to create/install Windows 7. So, i have the posibility to decide how big i want my windows partition. 20-32 GB.
when i click on create button. There comes a pop up "Installtions CD is not found"
I have a bootable Windows 7 USB Stick (8 GB - Fat32). The Stick works. When i boot with refit from the stick, the Windows 7 installation starts. But without a partition ... not so good :-)
So, what can i do now? BootCamp don`t want the Windows USB Stick.
I need help :-)
Thanks
You will need a windows install DVD, and 50 to 60G partition.

Can't create a windows partition

I'm trying to create a windows partition through bootcamp but it refuses to do so because I'm guessing that it's scanning permission that need to be repaired. The message states that I need to run disk utility.
The problem though is, I can't do anything about the permissions cause of a known "bug" (??) on leopard.
It states 3-4 permission need repairing but they can't be repaired. Others have that issue but they probably had windows installed before this happening.
here is an image of disk utility.
http://idisk.mac.com/dkatsafouros/Public/permissions.jpg

Alright I solved the problem. It was a repair disk and a repair permissions check.
Everything is fine now

How to have two partitions in windows 7 using bootcamp?

Hello everybody,
I've just recently bought a new MacBook Pro, I'm not very familirar with Macintosh. I installed windows 7 using bootcamp but the problem is that I just can see one partition in which I've installed windows.
actually, I want to partition my 500GB disk to three different partitions as following:
1) 70GB for Mac
2) 80GB for Windows
3) 350GB for Data
so that I can have third partition both in Mac and Win.
I searched internet and I found a few documents about it and I followed the instructions but I had no luck of success. one of the instructions I tried is: http://davidseah.com/index-ee.php/wikilab/Creating-2-Windows-Partitions-with-Boo t-Camp/
Any suggestion would be appreciated.

1: Those instructions at the link are severely outdated. Don't use them.
2: Apple expects users to have one Bootcamp partition, one OS X Lion partition and that's it and that's all they are going to hold your hand on.
(note: there is also a hidden EFI and a Lion Recovery Partition also on the drive.)
Anything beyond that is getting into major geek terror-tory.
Of course it's possible, I had my 15" with 7 partitions and booting 4 other operating systems from Lion, Snow, Windows, Linux (with a Linux Swap and a exFAT data). But I had to wipe the entire drive, set up the partitions install a alternate EFI boot program (a program that resides in firrmware) and then install each OS in each partition.
Since your new to Mac, you should really hold onto Apple's hand and use either a external drive formatted either FAT32(MSDOS) for under 4 GB files sizes (preferred) or exFAT for over 4GB files (not preferred but necessary) in Apple's Disk Utility.
Windows is as you know, formatted NTFS and OS X is formatted HFS+ Journaled as their partition data formats.
There is software for Windows called MacDrive which will read and write HFS format, and there is software from Tuxera that will allow OS X to read NTFS format.
There is a security issue allowing Windows to read HFS, but that should do transferring the small amount of files your going to be using in both operating systems.
OS X, like Windows, is going to expect files to be in each respective User folders of Music, Pictures and so forth when you open save dialog boxes, open finder windows, open certain programs and so forth. So ideally it's not best to share a partition or really have the user data on another partition at all.
I know it's a practice on Windows machines to partition data away from boot/programs to reduce defragmentation, on OS X it's not as necessary (except in special cases) as all 2GB sized files and below are written to one space on the drive (if there is room of course)
Windows 7 still needs to be defragged, however it can be schedualed and you can watch the progress. If you install WIndows, perform all the updates, then install programs, then finally any files you do keep there, it should stay optimized for a quite awhile. Ditton on the OS X side.
If your going to sharing a grreat quantity of files between the two OS's, use a external drive.
Apple installs a hybrid MBR in the Bootcamp partition for Windows to use to interact with the GUID partition table (GPT) it uses.

Can't create Windows partition with BootCamp

When I try to create Windows partition with BootCamp I get the same error, no matter what size the partition is set to : "This disk cannot be partitioned because some files cannot be moved" and then keeps giving instructions about formatting the disk as a single partition (after performing a full backup I assume), and then try using BootCamp again.
Does that mean I have to erase and reinstall OS X to be able to do that ? Cause I just did that and I have the same problem. I'm not reinstalling again, it took me an entire day to reinstall all my softwares and run all the updates... Plus it reminds me too much of my Windows days... I'm not supposed to do that on a Mac anyway
Back to the topic... are there any services that need to be stopped during partitioning ? Any software installed that could prevent that ?
What could cause this problem ?

Weird thing is I had no trouble making a partition using BootCamp before I restored OS X, and I had the same softwares installed... or maybe I did that before I installed some of them... Could this be related to any software I have installed ?
And judging by your suggestions I would say that the "iDefrag" option is the only way out of the two to make this work. Sounds a little extreme if you ask me... What happens on the first attempt of creating the partition that would make me choose backing up and/or defragmenting ? ... You don't have to answer that if it's too complicated...
Same thing happened on my other MBP... so as far as I'm concerned, I can only restore one more time and try to make the partition right after first startup. If that fails, then it means it could have been software related... Or maybe restore again, install one more software/utility I use and try partitioning again... and again, and again, until it fails...that way I'll know what caused it...
Just kidding...
Thank you for the suggestions anyway !

Partition using Bootcamp and Windows 7

Hi
Would it be a good approach to partition using Bootcamp then install Windows 7? Later I plan to install Parallells. Can it be down this way or should I install Parallels first, then Windows 7?
Thank you.

You may have to see about using the Recovery HD partition to attempt to erase and restore useful function of the capacity lost to the former Windows installation.
And you may have to backup your contents outside the computer to do it. Disk Utility on the Mac OS X historically has not been able to touch a BootCamp created partition; so if BootCamp cannot remove it, then you have to see how to do the equivalent of a reformat of the entire drive (less Recovery partition?) then reinstall your OS X. Maybe from internet recovery, then get your applications, etc from the Mac App store, etc.
A complete system clone of your OS X on an external HDD would be another method to restore after reformat, of the portion you want whole again, not necessarily the space where Recovery may live.
There may be (an)other way(s).
Perhaps someone with recent experience
in this matter can reply & discuss options.
With my antiques, they almost know what I want before I tell them.
Hopefully yours will after you talk to it awhile.
Good luck & happy computing!

When installing Windows 7 using Bootcamp, expanding windows files gets stuck at 65%?

I was installing Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit on my Macboom Pro Retina with Bootcamp, and when it reached the "expanding windows files" stage, it got stuck at 0%. I waited a few minutes, and the percentage began to increase until it got to 65%, at which it stopped again. I left it for a while, but after coming back nearly an hour later, it was still stuck at 65%, so I canceled the installation by clicking the close button of the installation window. It froze after that. I could move my cursor, but I couldn't click anything. I got impatient and held down the power button to shut it down manually. When I restarted the Mac, it played the normal startup sound then went to a black screen with a blinking dash symbol in the upper left corner. It's now stuck on this screen. I'm scared I might have really screwed up my computer. What do I do?

Edit: Fixed it by just holding down the option key when it restarted. Don't know why I didn't think of that before. I also removed the partial Windows download and the whole Windows disc partition using Bootcamp.
I think the reason why it didn't work is because I used an OEM version of Windows 7, which is to say I bought the licence key off of some website for $35 and they emailed me with the key and an .iso of Windows 7. I read somewhere that using OEMs with Bootcamp is not recommended. But that leads me to another problem - I really do want Windows on my Mac since I have some programs that would only run on Windows and I bought PhotoShop Elements 12 for the Windows platform and to switch platforms I would need to upgrade to 13, which costs almost as much as buying the original. And I don't want to go buy a proper Windows installation disc, that would mean wasting the $35 I already spent.
So is there any way I can actually install Windows safely with my OEM version of it?

HT4407 Hey, I am unable to install windows 7 using 'bootcamp 5.0' . I have already partitioned the drive as (mac Os Extended Journaled) and yet it seems bootcamp won't acknowledge this?

Hey, I am unable to install windows 7 using 'bootcamp 5.0' . I have already partitioned the drive as (mac Os Extended Journaled) and yet it seems bootcamp won't acknowledge this?
My first thoughts were that 'bootcamp' was out of date...needed an upgrade to register windows 7. Since then I am once again met with the same problem... how can it not see the I have already have a paritioned drived ready to be used for installition, is there a way to fix this problem? I don't really want to pay out for 'i-parition' only to merge my 2 drives back into one and start again from scratch =/. Seems silly to do so...what are my options?
Regards Swishi...p.s If anyone can help me...it'll make my day :3.

ONE PARTITION.
You don't need to buy anything but you should have backups.
you can delete #2 you created. Then resize to full drive.
There are already
GPT
EFI
Mac
Recovery
and there needs to be Windows which cannot be higher ID
Reading the instructions first and just swallow whatever pride or inidignation. It is a "my way or highwar" setup and utility,.
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_10.7.pdf
create a Windows support software (drivers) CD or USB storage media
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4407
The Boot Camp Assistant can burn Boot Camp software (drivers) to a DVD or copy it to a USB storage device, such as a flash drive or hard drive. These are the only media you can use to install Boot Camp software.
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT4569
Installation Guide Instructions for all features and settings.
Boot Camp 4.0 FAQ Get answers to commonly asked Boot Camp questions.
Windows 7 FAQ Answers to commonly asked Windows 7 questions.
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

HT4407 When installing Windows 7 using Bootcamp, I get message: "Need 64-bit Windows Installation USB drive or DVD." I thought my install disk was for 32 or 64 bit. What does this mean?

When Installing Windows 7 using Bootcamp, I get message: "Need 64 bit Windows installation USB drive or DVD." What does this mean?

It means you need the 64 bit Version of Windows on a USB stick or DVD.

I want to instal windows 7 using bootcamp on my mac book pro and how large do i have to make the partition if i want to use it for gaming?

i want to instal windows 7 using bootcamp on my mac book pro and how large do i have to make the partition if i want to use it for gaming?

"At least 16 GB of free space on the disk onto which you’re installing for 32-bit, or 20 GB for 64-bit (for Microsoft Windows and Windows-based applications)."
That's what Apple proposes in here Boot Camp: System requirements for Microsoft Windows
Personally I would double these amounts and add to that the diskspace needed for your Windows games.
Stefan

Installing Windows 7 Using bootcamp 5.0 on MBPr OSX 10.8.2 Black Screen Not Loading Windows 7 Install on Boot

I am trying to install Windows 7 using Bootcamp Assistence 5.0 on a MacBook Pro Retina OSX 10.8.2, I went through all steps on Creatting the Windows 7.iso into a bootable USB Dirve 16GB I use a separate USB Drive 2 GB and download Windows Support Drivers Step 2 on bootcamp assistence. I run into the problem in step 3 when the computer reboot I just get a black screen the back display still on like I can still see the apple on the back lit up, but the screen is black and wont load the window installer, if i shut it down and bring it back up i get error saying IOS not found so then i have to shut it down, enter recovery and restart on osx partition, i can see that the bootcamp partition was created but cant load windows to it. Please can anybody help me or guide me on what i am doing wrong? thank you so much in advance

this will install as normal. before installing however you will need an activation key cos in win 7 this is one of the first pages that is presented before instalation.
the key from your relative could possibly work especially if he used your internet connection to register. but this could cause problems with his/your authenticity after 30 days.
the only other option is to purchase a key.
you say a 30 day trial, does it give you a temporary key for this?

How to install windows 8 using bootcamp with no optical drive

Hi,
I have a mac book pro 17" late 2011 with Mountain Lion installed.
I have previously installed a windows 7 using bootcamp without an optical drive by creating an install disk as part of boot camp option.
I still don't have an optical drive.
The other day I removed my Windows 7 since I want to try Windows 8 but when I try using boot camp to install windows 8 it is asking for an optical drive and the option to create an install disk is not available anymore.
Any idea on this issue?
Thanks much

Windows 8: enable Hyper-V, it really helps.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/03/windows-8-on-a-macbook-air-beautiful-and-kinda -broken/
http://www.windows-now.com/blogs/robert/hyper-v-3-0-confirmed-for-windows-8-clie nt.aspx
http://www.windows8update.com/2011/12/06/enabling-hyper-v-in-windows-8/
http://huguesval.com/blog/2012/02/installing-windows-7-on-a-mac-without-superdri ve-with-virtualbox/
Disable Windows 8’s Adaptive Brightness to Fix Dark Screen Problems
http://www.howtogeek.com/107173/disable-windows-8s-adaptive-brightness-to-fix-da rk-screen-problems/
It should be straight forward and no different, except you are burning an ISO and that always needs to be done at slowest burn speed for any version of Windows.Otherwise it won't work (even if it manages to install it will fail on restart or some other point).
Windows 8 Release Preview
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/apps/default
https://blogs.msdn.com/b/b8/?Redirected=true

TS3173 i created a windows partition that was too small and cant install windows... how can I boot on my mac drive to correct this... my computer is defaulting to the windows partion... tried f1 f7 f12... Help

i created a windows partition that was too small and cant install windows... how can I boot on my mac drive to correct this... my computer is defaulting to the windows partion... tried f1 f7 f12... Help

Boot Using OPTION key:
1. Restart the computer.
2. Immediately after the chime press and hold down the "OPTION" key.
3. Release the key when the boot manager appears.
4. Select your OS X disk.
5. Click on the arrow button below the icon.

When I create a windows partition using bootcamp will it reformat my entire harddrive?

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