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Bootcamp not working

silvine · 2010-09-17 01:33:37

I am trying to set up a partition with Bootcamp but it keeps telling me it can't move certain files, to back up everything and reinstall. Is there anyway to get around this? On my old Mac I didn't have this issue.

17-09-2010 1:33am

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silvine

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I am trying to set up a partition with Bootcamp but it keeps telling me it can't move certain files, to back up everything and reinstall. Is there anyway to get around this? On my old Mac I didn't have this issue.

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#2 17-09-2010 1:22pm

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This is a common problem. I've had it as well. It seems to have a problem with large files over 1GB - you could try removing them. However, fragmentation might also be an issue. Reformatting is sometimes the only option. The best time to create the Bootcamp partition is on a freshly formatted hard disk.

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#3 18-09-2010 1:30am

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I was able to fix this by repairing permissions and the start-up disc. Now though when I load the Windows install disc via boot-camp it can see my partition but it won't let me install on it?

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#4 18-09-2010 4:29am

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Reformating the partition as NTFS from the Windows installer will work if you're having the problem I'm thinking of.

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#5 21-09-2010 12:11pm

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Had the same problem.

I had to reformat the drive, reinstall OSX and then configure Bootcamp

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