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RossMc

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Apr 30, 2010
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Anyone know why this has happened, I get this error when trying to create a partition for bootcamp.

Also anyway I can get round it without having to backup and reformat?

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You have to do what the message says. If you use MRoogle, you will find plenty of threads talking about that issue.

You can also make selected screenshots via CMD+SHIFT+4.
 
Have you tried repairing and verifying permissions? Boot off your OS X disk and run Disk Utility. I remember having a similar problem, but I can't exactly remember what I did to fix it.
 
Use CCC to make a bootable back up. Boot from back up format your internal drive, clone data from external drive to internal. Boot from internal drive. Attempt Partition again.
 
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