When partitioning I get an error message

I have a MacBook Air that I bought in Nov of last year. It is version 3.2. It came with a little USB key for loading the operating system onto the computer.
I bought Windows Home Premium (complete version) and want to put that on my computer, assigning 20 GB to that partition.
My computer has 240GB capacity.
I have an Apple portable DVD drive.
The operating system is 10.6.8.
I opened Boot camp assistant. Then I chose the partition marker to stay at 20GB. I pressed enter for it to start the partition process. After five minutes an error message came up. I can't remember exactly what it said but it said I can't partition this disk. It said do a backup (I already have made a backup) and go into Utilities and make it a single extended journaled volume.
I don't understand why I got this message.
Is it because I have the DVD drive plugged into the USB port?
Should I disconnect and try again?

applecore_eater wrote:
So is this what I should do?
1) Back up the entire mac volume onto another disk using Carbon Cloner
2) Do a clean install of the mac operating system. I think the USB key operating system version is 10.6.4 (the USB key that came with the delivery of the new laptop).
3) Then I have a clean Desktop etc. I haven't put the backup on the computer yet. Do Boot camp assistant. Partition. Insert the Windows 7 disk. Set up Windows 7. Then once it's set up, insert the USB key Mac OS into the USB port and add the Boot camp drivers. Then you are done with setting up the Windows 7 software.
4) Use Migration Assistant to restore all the backed up files from the external disk where you put them on using Carbon Cloner and put it in the mac volume.
You're done.
Are these the steps I need to follow? Am I missing anything? During the clean installation of the Mac OS using the USB key, does it give an option to create a Boot camp partition? Or do I need to initiate this myself once the Mac OS is installed, opening Boot Camp assistant?
I should not get the "Some files cannot be moved ..." message if I follow these steps, should I?
No
After
1) Back up the entire mac volume onto another disk using Carbon Cloner
Reboot to the clone, use it to erase your disk (set format to be Mac OSX Journaled), clone the external back to the internal.
Than carry on with the BC installation.

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