Unable to set up Boot Camp

[ThE.MeSsEnGeR]

I've been trying to figure out how to solve this, but I can't seem to find the solution. Setting up Boot Camp was supposed to be easy (just like any other thing on a Mac), but it still hasn't been for me.

first, it was asking for me to have more than 10GB of free space when I clearly had over 15; anyways, just to give it some space to breathe I freed up the HD a bit and it now has over 30GB of free space. but now when I go into Boot Camp Assistant it gives me this error:

The disk cannot be partitioned because some files cannot be moved.

Back up the disk and use Disk Utility to format it as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. Restore your information to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant again.

I went to Disk Utility and made sure that my disk is already formatted as Extended (Journaled) since day one; & it's only 1 partition.

The solution that it's telling me to do is way too much for me, I'm definitely NOT gonna wipe my HD and reinstall everything.

Any help?
and thank you.

 

[satcomer]

This means there is something going wrong with your Startup disk. To see if this can be fixed boot into Single-User Mode and run fsck described in the Apple document Resolve startup issues and perform disk maintenance with Disk Utility and fsck. Then see if you can use Boot Camp to create a partition.

 

[armand53080]

Not sure if this would work, but it did for me...

I too was receiving the same message, and like yourself, I had plenty of free space available for the boot camp partition. Rather than defragging or reformatting my hard drive as many posts seem to suggest, I simply rebooted my mac. With the DVD installation disk in it, I made sure to hold down the C key. Once in the installation menu, I used Disk Utilities to "Repair" my local hard drive. The process took but a few minutes, after which I rebooted normally, reran the boot camp assistant, which in turn allowed me to set my windows partition up flawlessly. Again, not sure if this solution is for everyone, but I am happy to report it worked for me, and it was quick and painless.

 

[ThE.MeSsEnGeR]

I too was receiving the same message, and like yourself, I had plenty of free space available for the boot camp partition. Rather than defragging or reformatting my hard drive as many posts seem to suggest, I simply rebooted my mac. With the DVD installation disk in it, I made sure to hold down the C key. Once in the installation menu, I used Disk Utilities to "Repair" my local hard drive. The process took but a few minutes, after which I rebooted normally, reran the boot camp assistant, which in turn allowed me to set my windows partition up flawlessly. Again, not sure if this solution is for everyone, but I am happy to report it worked for me, and it was quick and painless.

thanks a lot for your advice, I tried it; I thought it would work, but it didn't