bootcamp error

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bootcamp error

Hi I wanted to install a win7 on my macbook pro , but my bootcamp requires 50Gb of free space although I have almost 63GB of free space shown on my finder,how can I fix this bug???

Mac OS 9.2.x

Posted on Sep 25, 2016 9:23 AM

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Loner T

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Sep 25, 2016 3:40 PM in response to babababak

To partition your disk for Bootcamp, there should be sufficient contiguous disk space. What is the year/model of your Mac and what type of disk is currently in the Mac?

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babababak Author

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Sep 25, 2016 3:35 PM in response to Loner T

its a 2010 MacBook pro 2.4 Ghz of Core 2 Duo CPU and 4 Gb of RAM with a 250 GB Hitachi HardDisk

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Loner T

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Sep 25, 2016 3:43 PM in response to babababak

Do you have a Time Machine backup of your Mac OS X side? Your disk seems to be fragmented, which is slowing down partitioning. A TM Backup/Erase/Restore should help quite a bit.

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babababak Author

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Sep 25, 2016 3:42 PM in response to Loner T

No I don't have it And I don't have an external disk for that 😟

is it the only way to defragment hard Disk?:(((

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Loner T

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Sep 25, 2016 4:12 PM in response to babababak

What is the current OS X version on the Mac? If your Mac is listed in Computers that can be upgraded to use OS X Internet Recovery - Apple Support , you can boot into Internet Recovery (About OS X Recovery - Apple Support) and from Utilities -> Terminal run

diskutil repairDisk disk0

It may be able fix issues which can prevent partitioning.

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babababak Author

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Sep 25, 2016 5:14 PM in response to Loner T

El Capitan
does it work that way??

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Loner T

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Sep 25, 2016 5:23 PM in response to babababak

Please verify that your Mac model is listed in the first link I posted. If it does, your Mac supports Internet Recovery. You can reboot and hold Command+Opt+R to get to Internet Recovery. Use a wired connection, which si much faster.

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