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<blockquote data-quote="cosmicmandala" data-source="post: 1036159" data-attributes="member: 151143"><p>I have recently bought a used Macbook Pro with a clean install of Snow Leopard on it. I used to have a Macbook Pro but it was lost in a fire, so I am already familiar with the OS, etc. </p><p></p><p>I need to run Windows XP on this Mac, so that I can use WordPerfect 5.1 (which is DOS-based), when I need to. </p><p></p><p>I tried to create a partition with Boot Camp, but it failed to partition, because it could not move some unmovable files. I did lots of research online, reading many forum discussions, attempting to solve this seemingly common issue. </p><p></p><p>I bought iDefrag and defragmented the hard drive, and I still received the same error from Boot Camp. </p><p>I repaired disk permissions with Disk Utility (which it did find some permissions to repair) and then restarted my Macbook, and tried to partition with Boot Camp again, only to receive the same error. </p><p></p><p>At this point, I am unsure what to do next. Is there a way to solve this? Or do I need to look into a third-party program such as iPartition to partition my drive, and then run Boot Camp? </p><p></p><p>Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cosmicmandala, post: 1036159, member: 151143"] I have recently bought a used Macbook Pro with a clean install of Snow Leopard on it. I used to have a Macbook Pro but it was lost in a fire, so I am already familiar with the OS, etc. I need to run Windows XP on this Mac, so that I can use WordPerfect 5.1 (which is DOS-based), when I need to. I tried to create a partition with Boot Camp, but it failed to partition, because it could not move some unmovable files. I did lots of research online, reading many forum discussions, attempting to solve this seemingly common issue. I bought iDefrag and defragmented the hard drive, and I still received the same error from Boot Camp. I repaired disk permissions with Disk Utility (which it did find some permissions to repair) and then restarted my Macbook, and tried to partition with Boot Camp again, only to receive the same error. At this point, I am unsure what to do next. Is there a way to solve this? Or do I need to look into a third-party program such as iPartition to partition my drive, and then run Boot Camp? Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated. [/QUOTE]
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