Bootcamp won't partition my HD...it says

farmcock · farmcock #1 (**permalink**)

01-14-2008, 07:28 PM

the drive must be a single partition drive and must not have been previously partitioned. Now it wants me to offload everything, partition as a single extended, journalized OSX drive, and restore my stuff back.

The iMac was purchased brand new 2 years ago and the drive has never been partitioned.

Any ideas? I don't want to risk what it's asking for.

I ordered VM Fusion last night. Will this get around that problem?

smartyMAC · smartyMAC #2 (**permalink**)

01-14-2008, 08:22 PM

VMF will not have a problem with this.

Secondly, open the disk utility and select your internal disk. Then click on the partition tab and check if any other partition exists.

Alexis · Alexis #3 (**permalink**)

01-15-2008, 11:12 AM

Reboot with the OS X disc in and run disk utility. Perform a disk scan, restart and try to install Bootcamp again.

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Member Since: Jun 20, 2007 Location: Land of Rising Sun Posts: 337 Mac Specs: MB White 160GB, 2GB RAM,	01-14-2008, 08:22 PM VMF will not have a problem with this. Secondly, open the disk utility and select your internal disk. Then click on the partition tab and check if any other partition exists. + Tri-BOOT MB + MAC OS 10.5 Mandriva 2009 Windows 7 RC
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Member Since: Jan 18, 2006 Posts: 232	01-14-2008, 07:28 PM the drive must be a single partition drive and must not have been previously partitioned. Now it wants me to offload everything, partition as a single extended, journalized OSX drive, and restore my stuff back. The iMac was purchased brand new 2 years ago and the drive has never been partitioned. Any ideas? I don't want to risk what it's asking for. I ordered VM Fusion last night. Will this get around that problem?
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