bootcamp can not partition drive

hi guys

i am using leopard and trying to get bootcamp working but when i try 2 partition the drive it says it carnt as some files can not be moved.

is there a way 2 get round this with out doing a full new install as i carnt lose some of the data from my laptop and dont have a good place to back it up.

thanks
Alex

hey, i have the exact same problem and i really dont want to format my drive. i have heard things about using defrag apps but all of them only work for 10.4 and not leopard. does anyone have any other suggestions to get this to work?

I had the same problem. I formatted my Mac and did a clean installation of Leopard and now it works.

I know the formatting and back-up procedure is a hassle but it really is worth it because Leopard performs much better and faster when you do a clean installation.

thanks got my eye on a nice new 250gb harddrive any way so will prob do it that way

Could someone please help me out. I'm having the exact same problem. Could someone walk me through the process?

How do I format it to work?
What's the easiest way to backup? And how?


Any help would be awesome.

Thank you
Ben

this is exactly why im still not using boot camp even though i really really want to.

Well I had this problem too. The solution i found was to move my files to external drive and made some nice 50GB free space. Then when I tried to partition it worked..... you can copy the files back again after patitioning.