Partitioning help in bootcamp

[fishy2k8]

I am trying to partition my HD for xp and when it is trying to partition i get an error that says that my disk can't be verified or something and it says to use disk utility to repair it... so i go to disk utility and click check verification and i get these results:
Verifying volume “Chris' HD”
Checking HFS Plus volume.
Checking Extents Overflow file.
Checking Catalog file.
Checking multi-linked files.
Checking Catalog hierarchy.
%)
Checking Extended Attributes file.
Checking volume bitmap.
Checking volume information.
Volume Header needs minor repair
The volume Chris' HD needs to be repaired.

Error: The underlying task reported failure on exit


1 HFS volume checked
Volume needs repair

it wont let me press the repair button either... please help, i really need my photoshop on here, thanks

anyone happen to know if adobe will switch out a windows Photoshop CS2 license for a MAC license??? thanks

 

[killmoms]

You can't repair a volume that's mounted, and you can't unmount the volume the system's booted off of. To repair that volume you need to boot from your system recovery DVD that came with your computer and use the copy of Disk Utility on there. Just be sure you don't go ahead and "restore" your system, since that'll wipe everything. But running a repair from the Disk Utility on the DVD will leave all your data alone.

 

[fishy2k8]

what would cause this problem?
and how would i run a repair from the dvd without wiping it?

 

[fishy2k8]

anyone??
how to i use the restore dvd's disk utility without wiping my hd?

 

[jeremy.king]

anyone??
how to i use the restore dvd's disk utility without wiping my hd?

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=106214

Please make an attempt to search Apple's Support site and Google.

 

[fishy2k8]

thanks for that link, i got my drive repaired and partitioned, thanks to you guys
thanks again