Boot Camp problem

[kolax]

I can't seem to be able to partition my drive using Boot Camp; I was able to produce the Mac Window's Drivers CD no problem, just get an error each time I partition.

I've closed all open programs and restarted, still no luck.


Anyone got any ideas?

Ta.

 

[rspeaker]

I had this problem the first time I installed Boot Camp, back when it was first released. First, perhaps obviously, make sure you have the latest firmware. Then, insert your Tiger Install Disk 1, quit the install, and I think it's under Utilities, open Disk Utility. Repair disk.

That solved the problem for me, so many months ago. Hopefully it will help you, too.

EDIT: Okay, I guess I didn't read the warning close enough. Because OSX didn't tell me I had multiple volumes on the drive. Maybe repairing the disk would still be worth it though, before having to back up and reformat the whole drive?

 

[kaltsasa]

How full is your drive, or how long have you been using it. You may need to use a defragmentation program like iDefrag to move your files into a contiguous space. OS X is good at file fragmentation but not Disk fragmentation. It's possible your drive doesn't have 17 gigs of continuous space on the drive to make the partition. iDefrag has a mode to just move files to the front of the drive, I suspect this will solve your problem.

 

[kolax]

Had the computer since early February - there is 21GB's free.

I noticed however that I'm allocating Virtual Memory 10GB's though, coukd this could possibly cause a conflict?