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BootCamp not partioning, says to reformat disk
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<blockquote data-quote="ADKhikerVW" data-source="post: 816581" data-attributes="member: 36483"><p>When you say memory you mean storage. Memory is a measurement of RAM, not hard drive space. I don't mean to be picky but there is a huge difference.</p><p></p><p>There is no way your drive is partitioned as Apple Partition Map or it would not boot at all. Intel Macs require GUID in order to boot. I don't think the error message you are seeing is suggesting that your disk is not already partitioned in the correct format, but is merely ensuring that when you do reformat you select it correctly. There is probably some kind of damage (probably not permanent) to the disk from being interrupted mid-partitioning, and this is causing the Boot Camp Assistant to fail in making the partition. You can try booting from your installation disk and running repair disk from there, but if it comes back with no errors the only way to fix it may be to follow the advice given in the message you saw. Back up everything using Time Machine or a backup application of your choice, format the disk as a single volume, then restore your backup and run the Boot Camp Assistant again.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ADKhikerVW, post: 816581, member: 36483"] When you say memory you mean storage. Memory is a measurement of RAM, not hard drive space. I don't mean to be picky but there is a huge difference. There is no way your drive is partitioned as Apple Partition Map or it would not boot at all. Intel Macs require GUID in order to boot. I don't think the error message you are seeing is suggesting that your disk is not already partitioned in the correct format, but is merely ensuring that when you do reformat you select it correctly. There is probably some kind of damage (probably not permanent) to the disk from being interrupted mid-partitioning, and this is causing the Boot Camp Assistant to fail in making the partition. You can try booting from your installation disk and running repair disk from there, but if it comes back with no errors the only way to fix it may be to follow the advice given in the message you saw. Back up everything using Time Machine or a backup application of your choice, format the disk as a single volume, then restore your backup and run the Boot Camp Assistant again. [/QUOTE]
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