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BootCamp cannot be used - Stuck at Partitioning
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<blockquote data-quote="fr1d4y13" data-source="post: 1437443" data-attributes="member: 267750"><p>Hi guys! I really need some help now! I'll try to make it short and clear. </p><p></p><p>So basically, <strong>after my upgrading Mac OS X from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion</strong>, the BootCamp Assistant <strong>no longer recognises my 2nd partition where I installed Windows</strong> (and if I try to hold Option key while booting, there's longer no option of going into bootcamp partition, only the main and the recovery partitions are there)</p><p></p><p>Even though I'm <strong>having 2 partitions</strong> (1 is for Mac OS and the other is in <strong>MS-DOS (FAT)</strong> format, which is now totally empty) , when I opened BootCamp Assistant it would appear this way :</p><p></p><p><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8427/7789128708_cd4ddb1f2a_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Afterwards, I <strong>tried "Restore"</strong> but it then showed an error and ended up only recognising the 210Gb I'm using for my Mac OSX (the main partition)</p><p></p><p></p><p>I tried erasing the other partition but it just didn't work! I also <strong>couldn't resize the startup disk (the main partition</strong>, after having deleted the 2nd partition) to take full space of the hard disk, an error appeared saying like not being able to verify the disk </p><p></p><p>When I tried <strong>verifying the partition</strong>, it showed this error:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8299/7789128464_c9c7c1bf0d_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Just in case you may want to know about the other partition, this is how it looks like:</p><p></p><p><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7265/7789129036_0042e61f25_b.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Should anyone knows how to solve this problem, please help me!!! I don't want to waste 30Gb of my hard disk just like that <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> I also have thought about just ignore bootcamp, and try installing windows on the other partition, but then I was afraid of not being able to boot into windows (no option cho to choose after holding the option key)</p><p></p><p>Many thanks and regards! </p><p></p><p>p/s: sorry that I ended up writing quite a lot but please help me <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I really appreciate your time and kindness!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="fr1d4y13, post: 1437443, member: 267750"] Hi guys! I really need some help now! I'll try to make it short and clear. So basically, [B]after my upgrading Mac OS X from Snow Leopard to Mountain Lion[/B], the BootCamp Assistant [B]no longer recognises my 2nd partition where I installed Windows[/B] (and if I try to hold Option key while booting, there's longer no option of going into bootcamp partition, only the main and the recovery partitions are there) Even though I'm [B]having 2 partitions[/B] (1 is for Mac OS and the other is in [B]MS-DOS (FAT)[/B] format, which is now totally empty) , when I opened BootCamp Assistant it would appear this way : [IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8427/7789128708_cd4ddb1f2a_b.jpg[/IMG] Afterwards, I [B]tried "Restore"[/B] but it then showed an error and ended up only recognising the 210Gb I'm using for my Mac OSX (the main partition) I tried erasing the other partition but it just didn't work! I also [B]couldn't resize the startup disk (the main partition[/B], after having deleted the 2nd partition) to take full space of the hard disk, an error appeared saying like not being able to verify the disk When I tried [B]verifying the partition[/B], it showed this error: [IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8299/7789128464_c9c7c1bf0d_b.jpg[/IMG] Just in case you may want to know about the other partition, this is how it looks like: [IMG]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7265/7789129036_0042e61f25_b.jpg[/IMG] Should anyone knows how to solve this problem, please help me!!! I don't want to waste 30Gb of my hard disk just like that :( I also have thought about just ignore bootcamp, and try installing windows on the other partition, but then I was afraid of not being able to boot into windows (no option cho to choose after holding the option key) Many thanks and regards! p/s: sorry that I ended up writing quite a lot but please help me :) I really appreciate your time and kindness! [/QUOTE]
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