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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 975622" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>That error means that you do not have enough contiguous space to create a partition of the size you want. Sometimes a defrag works, other times it does not.</p><p></p><p>Defragging a Mac drive does not necessarily do the same thing as a on Windows drive. Keep in mind, I have had no need to defrag a Mac since my first MBP 3 yrs ago. From what I have seen reported though, a defrag will defrag files, but it does not necessarily relocate your data to the front of the drive like you would expect to see with a good Windows defrag application.</p><p></p><p>The other way to accomplish this is to backup your machine. You <strong>are</strong> backing up your system, right? If no, grab SuperDuper! or CarbonCopy Cloner, create a bootable backup to your external drive, boot to the external and then use it to restore back to your internal drive. This is a roundabout way to write everything back to the front end of the volume and provide that needed contiguous space to be able to create a new partition for BootCamp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 975622, member: 24160"] That error means that you do not have enough contiguous space to create a partition of the size you want. Sometimes a defrag works, other times it does not. Defragging a Mac drive does not necessarily do the same thing as a on Windows drive. Keep in mind, I have had no need to defrag a Mac since my first MBP 3 yrs ago. From what I have seen reported though, a defrag will defrag files, but it does not necessarily relocate your data to the front of the drive like you would expect to see with a good Windows defrag application. The other way to accomplish this is to backup your machine. You [B]are[/B] backing up your system, right? If no, grab SuperDuper! or CarbonCopy Cloner, create a bootable backup to your external drive, boot to the external and then use it to restore back to your internal drive. This is a roundabout way to write everything back to the front end of the volume and provide that needed contiguous space to be able to create a new partition for BootCamp. [/QUOTE]
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