trouble with bootcamp installing? help!

[charlestrippy]

So i'm trying to get bootcamp on my computer (I had it working once, but I took it off so I could have more room)

anyway, I keep getting this:

this disk cannot be partitioned because verification failed
use disk utility to repair this disk


So I open disk utility and I run the repair...it doesn't fix anything really, or atleas it doesnt list anything that's been fixed...i also check to make sure my os x is "journaled" which it is...as you can see.....

any ideas what's going on?

 

[Eidorian]

1. You're doing it wrong.
2. Repair Disk NOT Disk Permissions.
3. ?????
4. PROFIT!

I forget how Disk Utility acts if you pick the drive itself or a partition on it.

 

[charlestrippy]

1. You're doing it wrong.
2. Repair Disk NOT Disk Permissions.
3. ?????
4. PROFIT!

I forget how Disk Utility acts if you pick the drive itself or a partition on it.

but the "repair disk" option is greyed out - it wont let me select it....

 

[yellow]

You cannot repair the boot disk via Disk Utility if you're booted from it.

Boot from your installer DVD and repair the disk from there. Or.. fsck.

 

[Eidorian]

but the "repair disk" option is greyed out - it wont let me select it....

You might have to boot off of your OS X DVD and repair using Disk Utility there. I know you can verify it while booted. It must not like that it's mounted.

 

[charlestrippy]

You cannot repair the boot disk via Disk Utility if you're booted from it.

Boot from your installer DVD and repair the disk from there. Or.. fsck.

see i tried that - I put the dvd in, clicked on the icon and it asked if I wanted to restart....(only option) ... so i clicked it - it then restarted, however, it looked as if it was going to reformat everything - I wasn't sure if i was in the right place - how do I open disk utility (or better yet, how do i boot from the dvd?) sorry...im still new to this...

 

[Eidorian]

see i tried that - I put the dvd in, clicked on the icon and it asked if I wanted to restart....(only option) ... so i clicked it - it then restarted, however, it looked as if it was going to reformat everything - I wasn't sure if i was in the right place - how do I open disk utility (or better yet, how do i boot from the dvd?) sorry...im still new to this...

Don't do the installer. Up in the menu there should be a utility menu. Disk Utility, System Profiler, and a few other applications show up there.

 

[yellow]

Utilities pull down menu -> Disk Utility