Bootcamp Cannot Move Files

[dmurray14]

OK, I'm pissed.

I had Vista beta on here for a while. Outgrew the 15gb too fast. So I went back to one partition with the intention to repartiton to 25gb or so. I got an error that it could not move my files, so I followed the instructions, backed up my drive, wiped it clean then restored the image. Booted into OSX and tried to do the partition at 30gb (keep in mind I have 53gb free). NOPE. Same error. How is this even possible? How can I fix this?

Thanks in advance.

Dan

 

[XP Defector]

Did you commit a clean install of OSX? i.e. completely erasing the HD and any other partitions? I had the same problem, and as such was solved by an absolute reformat. In my research, I discovered that some people solved this problem by deleting Parallels 'VM' files from their Mac partition.

 

[dmurray14]

Did you commit a clean install of OSX? i.e. completely erasing the HD and any other partitions? I had the same problem, and as such was solved by an absolute reformat. In my research, I discovered that some people solved this problem by deleting Parallels 'VM' files from their Mac partition.

What I did was make an image of my mac (only) partition. I booted from the OSX dvd, and used disk utility to erase the drive and repartition it, then I restored the image to the drive (sidenote: I thought this would defragment the data, or in otherwords put it all at the front of the drive, but iDefrag seems to report it doesn't - odd). I did not reinstall OSX. Wouldn't I lose all my data that way? At least with the image restore my OS install and all my data is still there. I was under the impression that with a new OSX install I'd basically be starting from scratch.

I DID have parallels installed, and I removed the program and a fairly large file (which I believe was the image) although I guess it's possible some of the files are still around - where should I look for them?

Thanks,
Dan

 

[reflex]

I did not. Wouldn't I lose all my data that way?

Yes you would. So you should backup anything you wish to keep before doing that.

 

[dmurray14]

Yes you would. So you should backup anything you wish to keep before doing that.

There has to be a way to do this without loosing my data.

Here's what I don't understand...the image file is compacted, so why, when I extract it to the drive, does it put it back fragmented? That doesn't seem to make sense.

 

[dmurray14]

FWIW, I bought Coriolis iDefrag and defragged the drive, and I'm now posting from Vista.

Dan

 

[MacWish]

Hello

I myself had the problem that you describe, but sorted it out a different way. And in a way that do not consume an 8 our defrag of a disk that should not need a defrag to begin with (actually, it has been proven to slow the Mac disk down) Anywho!

Check my blog out, I've posted the steps there:

http://rubensblogg.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/how-to-fix-boot-camp-after-installing-fusion-or-parallels/