More than one 'supposed' partitions, installing Windows 7 - bootcamp

[ecerra]

I am trying to install Windows 7 using boot camp assitant but it keeps telling me that "the startup disk must be formatted as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume or already partitioned by Boot Camp Assistant for installing Windows" and the only partitions is the "Macintosh HD" and "Recovery HD". If it helps I deleted a Ubuntu partition very recently.

I am running Lion.

 

[torid110]

After you deleted the Ubuntu partition, did you resize the OSX partition to use the space that was left ?

 

[ecerra]

No, how do I do that?

 

[torid110]

http://osxdaily.com/2009/11/20/resize-partitions-in-mac-os-x-with-disk-utility/

 

[ecerra]

http://osxdaily.com/2009/11/20/resize-partitions-in-mac-os-x-with-disk-utility/

That wasn't the problem

 

[zaxdude]

If it helps, I followed iClarified's guide to installing Windows 7 on mine...

Worked without a hitch.

iClarified Windows 7 Install Guide

 

[MacsAreBetter\]

Try repairing your disk through Disk Utility. Then try permissions. Good luck!

 

[ecerra]

If it helps, I followed iClarified's guide to installing Windows 7 on mine...

Worked without a hitch.

iClarified Windows 7 Install Guide

Yeah for some reason I can't get passed the first page of the Boot Camp Assistant.

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Try repairing your disk through Disk Utility. Then try permissions. Good luck!

I've done that like 5 times from the actual OS and also from the Recovery Partition and from the USB Recovery Disk I made.

 

[xDC]

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I had the same issue, the only fix was to back up with time machine, erase the disk (which was done right before when I had fresh installed lion) but when I reformatted again and restored with time machine it worked

 

[ecerra]

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I had the same issue, the only fix was to back up with time machine, erase the disk (which was done right before when I had fresh installed lion) but when I reformatted again and restored with time machine it worked

Did you reformat the drive from the normal Recovery Partition or from a USB Recovery Drive?