Why won't bootcamp create a partition?
When I try to partition my hard-drive with boot camp, I get a message saying I need to backup my disk and format it as an Extended Volume (journaled). The disk I'm trying to partition is already formatted as such, so I'm not sure what I need to do.
Either there's a problem on the drive or it is not partitioned GUID and formatted Mac OS Extended, Journaled or you may not have sufficient contiguous free space for the Windows partition you are trying to make. Try a smaller partition although if the drive is sufficiently fragmented you will need to repartition and reformat the drive.
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014EED50-5E1E-4B80-AC25-2BE81077D83E
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+-- Logical Volume Group 1D2A644C-DAAC-496C-9506-E32FC1C64606
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Name: Macintosh HD
Status: Online
Size: 250140434432 B (250.1 GB)
Free Space: 0 B (0 B)
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| Index: 0
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Has Encrypted Extents: Yes
Fully Secure: No
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