"Your disk could not be partitioned" "An error occurred while partitioning the disk"

hello, i am operating on a model a1286 mbp mid 2009 laptop, with 4 gb ram 360 gb hdd,
snow leapord updated to maverick,
bootcamped w/ win 7 32-bit
i tried in mac os x maverick to use bootcamp assistant to partition my bootcamp 180 gb partition to be erased and then to start the install of 64-bit.
the partitioning was stuck at about 17 percent for an hour, so i quit the bootcamp assistant - ive seen on reddit this was a bad thing to do, but i did it anyway because i saw someone posted about being to reboot and do a hdd repair then reboot and try to partition again
now when i startup my rEfit program that shows me option of loading mac os x maverick or Bootcamp Legacy Os instead of bootcamp win 7 32-bit
when i tried partioning again its asking me to free up space for 28 gb in bootcamp assistant , i did that, inserted win 7 64-bit dvd install and hit continue dialogue button in bootcamp assistant
this is where i see i only have 145 gb used in mac os x with 18 gb free and in the windows side 14 gb
status partitioning disk,
but then i get an error message saying the partition failed with errors
i googled and saw i had togo into single user mode by pressing cmd-s during boot and typing /sbin/fsck -fy
i got a msg saying this command function is not recognized. - along those lines
how do i reboot and start a repair of the disk?
also i did a repair file permisions in disk utility but forgot to put back the power cord, so the battery drained and i assume the repair file permissions didnt finish and the mbp just auto shutdowned
is there a command i could enter into the EFI shell? or single user mode? to repair the hdd partition in the mac os x maverick and the bootcamp legacy os side since the first time i tried erasing everything on the win 7 32-bit side bootcamp assistant got stuck at 17 percent partitioning then I voluntarily quit the program = now i cant partition bca gives me error of:
"Your disk could not be partitioned" "An error occurred while partitioning the disk"
thanks in advance,
-r

Is that the complete error message? Are you trying to partition the correct drive? It may be that you do not have enough contiguous free space on the drive for the partition.

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