I have done this before, and I just recently deleted Windows because I needed more space on my Mac. Now that I have everything situated, I want to get Windows back, but I keep getting this message.
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Can't bootcamp? D:
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this is when even though there is free space on your HDD osx has files spread out over that free space (your HD is not far off from beign full so this it why it happens. You need to get a lot of stuff off your HDD. You could try idefrag before of after you have moved your stuff then it may install. If not then Back up your data format your HDD and re-install osx.
Often there are issues when you're low on free space... If Apple had designed it right, they could have worked around this issue, but I digress. The only way I know of to fix this is to restore from a backup and try again. However, using a disk defragmentation utility might actually fix this problem too. Can anyone confirm?
I don't have money to purchase iDefrag, and I'll start removing un-needed stuff now and try again in a minute.
OKay I freed up some space and that still won't work. I tried putting 25gb on the partition, and had 40gb free on my Mac, and it still gave me the error message.
cmd+space, enter Disk Utility, hit enter, choose your hard drive, click on the button that says Partition, click on the little plus sign underneath to add a new partition.
As I said in the other thread where you posted this, no, partitioning does not defrag a drive. However, there may be times when you need to defrag in order to partition a drive.
Just boot to your install disc or Recovery HD and run Repair Disk on the Macintosh HD. It will likely identify an issue and repair it. Then try running Boot Camp Assistant again.