Bootcamp Help

[jmj2014]

A situation has arisen where I need to be able to boot into Windows for one of my classes.

However, when I attempt to create a partition Snow Leopard tells me that it cannot move some files on my computer, and to reformat...which I cannot do without the installation CD, which I misplaced a year ago.

Is there any way to bypass this short of buying another installation CD?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

Use an external HDD, properly formatted*, and then clone the internal HDD via CarbonCopyCloner to the external HDD, format the internal HDD while booted from the external (hold down the OPTION key during startup or go into System Preferences > Startup Disk), then clone the data from the external to the newly formatted internal HDD and boot from the internal HDD and try Boot Camp Assistant again.

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How to format a new HDD/SSD to install Mac OS X or make a bootable copy onto​

If you have a USB HDD, copying 100GB should take around an hour.

 

[jmj2014]

Use an external HDD, properly formatted*, and then clone the internal HDD via CarbonCopyCloner to the external HDD, format the internal HDD while booted from the external (hold down the OPTION key during startup or go into System Preferences > Startup Disk), then clone the data from the external to the newly formatted internal HDD and boot from the internal HDD and try Boot Camp Assistant again.

*

How to format a new HDD/SSD to install Mac OS X or make a bootable copy onto​

If you have a USB HDD, copying 100GB should take around an hour.

Thanks.

 

[SayMilesAway]

Use an external HDD, properly formatted*, and then clone the internal HDD via CarbonCopyCloner to the external HDD, format the internal HDD while booted from the external (hold down the OPTION key during startup or go into System Preferences > Startup Disk), then clone the data from the external to the newly formatted internal HDD and boot from the internal HDD and try Boot Camp Assistant again.

*

How to format a new HDD/SSD to install Mac OS X or make a bootable copy onto​

If you have a USB HDD, copying 100GB should take around an hour.

not that I have this problem but sweet!