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Time Machine could fail, your roommate might decide now would be a good time to smash your backup drive – any number of problems could occur. Know that you might lose all of your data.If you do decide to go the format and re-install route, I’ll outline it with a few more details –

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Second – and this is what I opted to do – re-install OS X by formatting the entire drive (all data will be lost), run software update to get all the firmware updates, install Vista via Boot Camp, and then restore OS X from a Time Machine backup. First, you can purchase defragging software (I’m not aware of any that are free/open source) such as iDefrag and hope that it resolves your problem (it might not). If it didn’t, you have another couple of choices. If it worked this time, excellent, proceed to step #11. Once again, go back to step #1 and start all over again. Once installed, launch it (you’ll probably be prompted for your password) and select the Maintenance tab.

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If you got the same “can’t move file” error, download and install OnyX. If you were able to create the partition, excellent, continue with step #11.

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Now go back to step #1 and try it all over again (except you don’t need to print out the PDF twice). Once that’s done, click the Verify Disk button, then the Repair Disk button if it’s available. Click the Verify Disk Permissions button, then the Repair Disk Permissions button. Select your Mac drive, or the partition you were trying to install Boot Camp on (if you have more than one). Cross your fingers that the fastest one will resolve your problem.Ĭlose out of the Boot Camp Assistant and launch the Disk Utility by selecting Applications -> Utilities -> Disk Utility.

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There are a couple of things that could be wrong, and I’ll outline how to fix them from the fastest method to the longest method. The most common error is that OS X couldn’t move a file and the partition could not be created. If you’re presented with a Start Windows Installation screen, proceed with step #11 below (and consider yourself very lucky).

and hold your breath that no errors occur.

When you’re happy with the amount of space that Vista will have, click Partition.

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To change the amount of space to dedicate to Vista, click the small divider between Mac OS X and Windows, and drag it to the left. I opted for 20GB, which left me with just a bit over 15GB to use after installing Windows Vista Ultimate and upgrading to SP1.

You’ll have almost no space left over to install software, and your page file in Windows might cause frequent crashes. You might be able to get away with going as low as 6GB, but I would highly advise against it. Now you have to decide how much space you want to allocate to Windows Vista.

Back at the Introduction page of the Boot Camp Assistant, click Continue.

Transfer the PDF to your other PC/Mac so you can access it while actually installing Vista.

If you don’t want to download my copy, enter the appropriate info (most importantly, the download location so you can find it) and click Save.

If you have another computer around, and would like to save half a tree (printing the guide will use 20-something pages) – select the PDF button and choose Save as PDF….

Click the Print Installation & Setup Guide button.

It’s not a bad idea to have the Setup Guide handy, just in case you need it.

Now open a Finder and navigate to Applications -> Utilities and double-click Boot Camp Assistant.

Don’t worry about killing the Dock or Dashboard – having those running is fine. That includes those things running in the Apple Menu that you always forget about. First thing – close absolutely every open program you can. Having a book handy will also help kill time during the partitioning, installing etc).

Patience, possibly a great deal of it.

Though not absolutely required, it’s a VERY good idea to have a complete and up to date Time Machine backup of OS X – it really came in handy for me.

An hour and a half if all goes well, up to 5 hours if not.

At least 10GB of empty hard drive space on your Mac (you can probably get away with less but you’ll have almost no room to install anything other than the OS).

A Vista installation DVD (Home Basic, Home Premium, Business or Ultimate).

All firmware updates installed on your Mac (use Apple Button -> Software Update… to check).

To install Vista on your Mac you will need the following: The official Boot Camp system requirements and supported versions of Windows can be found here. Please note: This guide is only valid for users running a much older version of macOS (Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard).