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Why can't I partition my Mac Book Pro for bootcamp?

Whenever I try to partition my Macintosh HD it loads for a while then gives me this message:

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This sounds very data corrupting and i'm not sure how to do that. My family has a mac time capsule that I could back up to (does time machine work for backing up to that?) I need a tutorial for doing this safely, These are the specs for my computer: (if needed)


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Thanks,

-Ethan

MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5), Need Partitioning help

Posted on Jun 30, 2013 11:41 AM

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Jun 30, 2013 12:05 PM in response to Ethan_Fidler

Ah, been waiting for someone to use this User Tip with. 🙂


All explained here.


BootCamp: "This disc can not be partitioned/impossible to move files."




First make sure your files are additionally backed up off the machine


Most commonly used backup methods



That there are no "other" issues with it


..Step by Step to fix your Mac



Then make a clone and erase/reverse clone + reduce user files


How to safely defrag a Mac's hard drive

Why can't I partition my Mac Book Pro for bootcamp?

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