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~J~
Oct 2, 2007, 12:34 PM
Hey all, I have to run Vista for some work now, and I'm having a problem with BC. I initially installed Vista on a 20GB partition via BC. Unfortunately, I need to make a larger partition (prob 25-30GB). So I used the BC assistant to restore my MBP to a single partition. When I tried to recreate a larger partition via BC, I got an error that says I need to use disk utility to restore my mac back to a single partition. Nothing I try works. How can I get this fixed so I can install Vista on a 25GB partition??



Eidorian
Oct 2, 2007, 12:35 PM
Boot off of your OS X DVD and use Disk Utility to Verify Disk your hard drive.

~J~
Oct 2, 2007, 12:39 PM
is that any different than just doing it when you are in OS X? i've done that already...

Eidorian
Oct 2, 2007, 12:44 PM
is that any different than just doing it when you are in OS X? i've done that already...You can correct more problems if you're not booted/mounting the drive.

~J~
Oct 2, 2007, 12:58 PM
Ok, tried that off of my OSX disk... no dice. BC assistant still cant partition my drive.

Eidorian
Oct 2, 2007, 01:01 PM
It sounds like you might need to erase the entire drive and start over.

~J~
Oct 2, 2007, 01:07 PM
Nooooooooooo!!! I have a backup of my drive, but Im always gunshy about doing a FULL restore. Besides, I was planning on doing that when I get Leopard in a few weeks (or whenever its released into the wild). Any other ways??