Bootcamp help

[DeltaMac]

You should be OK. Open your Disk Utility, and repair Disk Permissions, then restart, and try Boot Camp again.

Have you downloaded and installed the BootCamp update?

Be sure to burn a drivers disk when you first start BootCamp, as there is some changes to the Win drivers installs.

[apocalypselat3r]

ough, i thought that was going to work. it didnt, it did free up some extra room though, now i have 25 gb. which is surely enough- sorry, how do you know if you only have one partition. in disk utility when i click macintosh hd- on the bottom the format says it is mac os extended (journaled) which is what boot camp tells me to have. so what on earth is the problem.

thanks again for sticking with me all this way, if your next few instructions dont work, i am surely giving up.

[wraith]

I have the same problem you do with Bootcamp. I don't think it has anything to do with disk space. The "Can't Move" error is because the Boot Camp assistant has to create a new partition on your drive, and where it wants to write partition data to has data in it. So, BootCamp then tries to move the data (file) to another sector/cluster on the drive, but can't for some reason. My guess is that there is a process running that has a lock on a file that the Boot Camp assistant wants to move. Make sure that you have absolutely no apps running, and that your menubar has no apps running in it. (Like MenuMeters, or Gmail Notifier, etc...)

[fryke]

When I did the bootcamp thing, it gave me the same message. I deleted some stuff, and then it worked. The little things (like menu meters etc.) should not matter at all, really. Still, I'd make sure to try with a freshly rebooted system with no apps/tools whatsoever open.

If you _do_ have some sort of external harddrive, it could be helpful to move some stuff over there. Say: If you can free up 30 GB, chances are that the partitioner has an easier time. It needs 5 GB of _continuous_ free space in order to create the partition, and that's the real problem. Besides: 5 GB are _very_ low for WinXP, btw. And changing it afterwards can be a _real_ drag (if not impossible without having to backup everything and erasing the complete drive), so I'd give it at least 8 GB - and that's only for the system and one or two apps and utilities.

[eric2006]

Originally Posted by wraith

I have the same problem you do with Bootcamp. I don't think it has anything to do with disk space. The "Can't Move" error is because the Boot Camp assistant has to create a new partition on your drive, and where it wants to write partition data to has data in it. So, BootCamp then tries to move the data (file) to another sector/cluster on the drive, but can't for some reason. My guess is that there is a process running that has a lock on a file that the Boot Camp assistant wants to move. Make sure that you have absolutely no apps running, and that your menubar has no apps running in it. (Like MenuMeters, or Gmail Notifier, etc...)

You might want to start in safe mode to make sure you're only running the basics:
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107393

[apocalypselat3r]

Ok, Im going to reformat my drive with disk utility, i am backing everything up. is there anthing anyone should warn me about. like what happens when i reformat it, it just goes back to the way it was when i bought it? what is going to happen. thanks

[eric2006]

When you reformat it, the drive will be completely blank, so backup everything that you'll need.

You'll need an OS X install disk to format it, and to re-install.

[pilkas_vilkas]

I'm experiencing the same problem. I wonder, if reformating the HDD will definitely help. It would be a pity to do it for nothing. And is it necessary to follow the instructions of BootCamp and reformat it with DiscUtility before reinstaling Mac OS ar can I instal it right away?