Bootcamp partition not ntfs
I've tried reading around and people simply point links to unanswered questions and manuals. (I downloaded the manuals, followed the steps and they dont talk about the issue.)
I would appreciate any help with this. Thank you!.
I, bought an iMac last week (lion installed), bought a new copy of windows 7 home today. 100% up to date of Software Updates.
I open bootcamp assistent, created my DVD for drivers and hit continue.
Bootcamp does its thing and clicks over to load windows (where my problem starts)
my,
Disk 0 Partition 4: BOOTCAMP
"/!\ Windows cannot be installed to this hard disk space" (see above line) "Windows must be installed to a partition formatted as NTFS."
I printed a copy of the install guide and followed it from the very first attempt.
Step 1
Check for updates (DONE)
Step 2
Prepare for Mac for Windows (DONE)
Step 3
Install windows (I'm trying but cant because the partition is not NTFS)
Also, I cant eject the install disc to try and see if the driver or anything is on the seperate disc i made.
Step 4 Install the windows support software (cant because I cant install windows)
The first time I tried this, I figured I had to format the Bootcamp partition so I did, windows wouldnt expand files after 30 minutes so I closed it out and got a black screen and blinking bar... finally after unplugging for a while got back to OSX and cleared bootcamp back to original, restarted and tried again. Same issue. (windows cannot be installed... must be... NTFS)
Is my issue the formatting? is that a step that is not listed in the process? I'd rather not brick my mac again. took me 6 hours to load all my FCS and Adobe Suite + misc software. I'd rather not do that again.
sorry, I have been dealing with this for a few hours and a little frustrated. Any help appreciated.
Thanks!