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Installing Windows on Macbook Pro - Problem
Hi,
I have a 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7 Macbook Pro, 8GB 1067 MHz DDR3 RAM with a 500gb Hard Disk.
I need to install Windows and I have a copy of both Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7 (64bit). I have previously had Windows XP running as a virtual machine through Parallels Switch to Mac Edition. However this wasn't suitable as it wouldn't allow me to dedicate enough power to run the Windows applications I need (i.e. AutoCAD, 3DS Max etc.). Therefore I uninstalled it and restored the hard disk to a single partition.
However when I start Boot Camp Assistant and click continue to download the windows support software I get this message:
The disk cannot be partitioned because some files cannot be moved.
Back up the disk and use Disk Utility to format it as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. Restore your information to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant again.
I have backed up using Time Machine to an external drive, and my drive appears to already be a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. I suspect that the partition created by parallels is still causing problems but when I use the Disk Utility to try and Erase the disk it doesn't give me the option to do so. I have tried Erasing the free space with 35 passes but it hasn't made a difference!
I have also noticed that 470GB of the hard drive appears to be used, leaving only 30GB free (obviously this is also causing a problem for Boot Camp). However I have no documents on it as I have moved them all to external. I cant locate where the files that are taking up this space.
Please help, I consider myself fairly competent with computers but this is driving me nuts!
Quentin
Hi,
I have a 2.66 GHz Intel Core i7 Macbook Pro, 8GB 1067 MHz DDR3 RAM with a 500gb Hard Disk.
I need to install Windows and I have a copy of both Windows XP SP3 and Windows 7 (64bit). I have previously had Windows XP running as a virtual machine through Parallels Switch to Mac Edition. However this wasn't suitable as it wouldn't allow me to dedicate enough power to run the Windows applications I need (i.e. AutoCAD, 3DS Max etc.). Therefore I uninstalled it and restored the hard disk to a single partition.
However when I start Boot Camp Assistant and click continue to download the windows support software I get this message:
The disk cannot be partitioned because some files cannot be moved.
Back up the disk and use Disk Utility to format it as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. Restore your information to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant again.
I have backed up using Time Machine to an external drive, and my drive appears to already be a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. I suspect that the partition created by parallels is still causing problems but when I use the Disk Utility to try and Erase the disk it doesn't give me the option to do so. I have tried Erasing the free space with 35 passes but it hasn't made a difference!
I have also noticed that 470GB of the hard drive appears to be used, leaving only 30GB free (obviously this is also causing a problem for Boot Camp). However I have no documents on it as I have moved them all to external. I cant locate where the files that are taking up this space.
Please help, I consider myself fairly competent with computers but this is driving me nuts!
Quentin