How to Fix Boot Camp Partitioning Issues in Mac OS X?

If you buy an Apple Mac system then you won't be limited to just Mac's own OS X. Boot Camp is a built-in utility in Mac for running Microsoft Windows at native speed with the same hardware. If your Mac is running OS X v10.5 or Mac OS X v10.6 then boot camp assistant support software can be installed by Mac OS X installation DVD. Else if your Mac machine is running with OS X 10.7 or later, windows support driver directly from 'Boot Camp Assistant' can be downloaded very easily. After proper download procedure completion, Windows OS can be installed using DVD or downloaded version.

List of booting Operating Systems

If boot camp assistant v5.1 is presently installed in Mac then Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Enterprise versions of Windows 7 and Windows 8 are not supported. To get the above mentioned Windows version, install Boot Camp 4 which supports 64-bit and 32-bit versions of Windows 7, depending on the Mac model you have. 

Requirements

To use Boot Camp software, first you need to backup important data and then follow the below mentioned instructions:

1. An Intel-based Mac with proper hardwar configuration; built-in keyboard, external USB keyboard, or an Apple supplied wireless keyboard, and a built-in trackpad, USB mouse, USB trackpad, or Apple supplied wireless mouse or trackpad.
2. Mac must be running with OS X v10.5 or later.
3. Mac must be updated with the latest available Firmware updates.
4. Choose Boot Camp Assistant, by navigating through Applications> Utilities. You can also access this software by opening Launchpad and by typing Boot Camp Assistant in the Finder bar.
5. Now its the time to install Windows either by A DVD or downloaded (ISO) "full version" of Windows installation media.

Issues in Boot Camp Partitioning

Once you installed Windows on Mac with a desired space on drive; later you can resize the partition allocated via boot camp utility by easily dragging the box downwards to occupy the blank unused space. But sometimes, it doesn't appear as easy as it comes and creates issues in installing Windows 8. Many normal errors comes into existence while boot camp partition such as:

• Partitioned Failed (Your disk could not be partitioned)
• Remove Disk Media
• Boot Failure
• Thunderbolt devices do not get recognized as connected with Mac etc.
• OS X version upgrade (from Windows 7 to Windows 8) issues
• Suitable boot camp support version for Windows.

Problem: Your disk could not be partitioned

“Disk could not be partitioned because some files can not be moved”, this kind of the error can be seen, when user initiate to select partition for installing Windows via Boot Camp in Mac.

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Solution:

To resolve this issue, run 'Verify Disk' from Disk Utility on the drive. If any issues popedup, run 'Repair Disk' while booted to your Mac OS X Install DVD. In case, if no issues get raised, try creating a secondary partition via Disk Utility. Make sure you have the volume showing the size of the selected drive and not your boot drive voume (Macintosh HD). If the partition creates successfully, delete the second partition and drag the line downwards to fill the blank window. If successful, try making a partition with Boot Camp Assistant.

Conclusion:

Though it is handy to install Windows on Mac machine. But, large fragmented files or corrupted system files create issues. So it is recommended to backup your important data onto an external drive before installing Windows or another OS and make sure your hard drive is formatted as an Extended Journaled in a single partitioned. In case, if something goes wrong then essential data could be restored.