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Feb 15, 2014 1:45 PM in response to Rickypauby Lyssa,What that error message means is that Boot Camp cannot find a contiguous block of hard drive space to use for the Windows parition.
As you use your computer, data is written to all parts of the hard drive. If you've had your Mac for a while, odds are every bit of the hard drive has had something written to it at some point, and this prevents Boot Camp from working properly.
You need to format the drive, which will wipe it clean, and then run Boot Camp as soon as you have the Mac set back up. Then you shouldn't have any issues.
~Lyssa
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Feb 15, 2014 8:40 PM in response to Lyssaby Rickypau,THe only problem with formatting the hard drive is that it is greyed out and not available for formatting. I cant tell why.
RP
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Feb 15, 2014 8:45 PM in response to Rickypauby Lyssa,Do you have your data backed up?
And do you have your original install discs?
You can't format the drive unless you're booted from another source (such as a bootable clone on an external drive or the original install DVD).
~Lyssa
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Feb 16, 2014 7:55 AM in response to Lyssaby Rickypau,Lyssa
I have my data backed up using time machine.
I have my original disks as well.
How do I boot using original install DVD?
Here is what I tried doing. I put original DVD in drive and then tried to erase the mac drive, but it is still greyed out and cant be formatted. I tried restarting the computer with the DVD in the drive, but it still does not change anything. I made a iso image of the DVD as well on my mac and then tried to see if I can format the hard drive, I cant.
RP
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Feb 16, 2014 8:06 AM in response to Rickypauby Lyssa,You have to boot from the install disc in order to erase the internal hard drive.
Try following the steps in this Apple article and see if you can get the drive reformatted & reinstall OS X.
~Lyssa