Cant partition disk in Bootcamp

[eXan]

Hey, my friend has troubles with re-installing windows on his Mac via bootcamp.

He recently restored his HD as one partition because he wanted to reinstall XP. Unfortunately Bootcamp gives strange info and cant partition his hd. I don't know whats the problem is, permissions are repaired ok, SMART status is verified, he also repaired disk and was ok. Still no luck OS is 10.5.5, comp is iMac Core 2 Duo 2 ghz.

Any help?

 

[JediMeister]

Hmm seems like the OS is having some trouble reading the hard drive. Archiving and installing using the Leopard disc, preserving users and network settings, would be the next step in my opinion. Then try running Boot Camp Assistant and see if the drive sizing is correct. Out of curiosity, when you say he restored his drive as one partition, was that through Disk Utility or through Boot Camp Assistant?

 

[eXan]

Hmm seems like the OS is having some trouble reading the hard drive. Archiving and installing using the Leopard disc, preserving users and network settings, would be the next step in my opinion. Then try running Boot Camp Assistant and see if the drive sizing is correct. Out of curiosity, when you say he restored his drive as one partition, was that through Disk Utility or through Boot Camp Assistant?

Hi, thx for the reply

He restored the drive in bootcamp.

Anything less radical than reinstalling the OS?

 

[Infrared]

Hi, thx for the reply

He restored the drive in bootcamp.

Anything less radical than reinstalling the OS?

Perhaps try repartitioning with Disk Utility?

 

[eXan]

Perhaps try repartitioning with Disk Utility?

Will it be just the same as partitioning with boot camp? (i.e. usable for windows) I thought Disk Utility can't partition to NTFS format?

 

[Infrared]

Will it be just the same as partitioning with boot camp? (i.e. usable for windows) I thought Disk Utility can't partition to NTFS format?

It can't format as NTFS. The Windows installer can do that.

It can partition a disk in preparation for a Boot Camp style installation.
E.g., create a FAT partition that Windows can format as NTFS, say,
and install onto.

 

[eXan]

It can't format as NTFS. The Windows installer can do that.

It can partition a disk in preparation for a Boot Camp style installation.
E.g., create a FAT partition that Windows can format as NTFS, say,
and install onto.

Ok, thanks, I'll tell him to try to partition in Disk Utility