| On Intel-based Mac computers, you can also install | | | | and lead to data loss situations. In order to extract |
| Windows XP or Windows Vista operating system, by | | | | lost data in such cases, you need to perform Data |
| making it dual-boot. This is possible through Boot | | | | Recovery Mac by sorting it out. |
| Camp utility, which is included in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow | | | | Cause |
| Leopard and 10.5 Leopard. It guides you through safe | | | | You may come across this problem, due to any of |
| re-partitioning of your Mac hard drive and to install | | | | the below reasons: |
| Microsoft Windows drivers. However, sometimes you | | | | Parallels VM marked unmovable |
| may come across some strange errors while using | | | | Insufficient Disk Space |
| this tool and may face data loss situations. To | | | | Sharing Options turned on |
| retrieve lost data in such circumstances, you are | | | | Operating system installation faults |
| required to opt for Mac Data Recovery solutions to | | | | External drives connected |
| extract lost data. | | | | Resolution |
| In a practical scenario, when you try to repartition | | | | You can try out following things to fix this problem: |
| your hard drive using Boot Camp application, you | | | | Reinstall operating system |
| may encounter below error message: | | | | Removing parallels VM files |
| “The disk cannot be partitioned because some | | | | Removing unwanted, useless or large files from hard |
| files cannot be moved. | | | | drive |
| Back up the disk and use Disk Utility to format it as a | | | | Disconnecting external hard drive |
| single Mac OS X Extended (journaled) volume. | | | | Turning off sharing options |
| Restore your information to the disk and try using | | | | If none of the above things work, Mac Recovery |
| Boot Camp Assistant again” | | | | Software come for your rescue. These are powerful |
| Additionally, when you look into the /var/logs | | | | and advanced applications, which use commanding |
| system.log file for more detail, the error message | | | | scanning methods for absolute recovery of all your |
| sounds like the below one: | | | | lost data. With simple and interactive graphical user |
| “Sep 1 14:55:30 chmac kernel[0]: hfs_truncatefs: | | | | interface, they allow you to have Mac Data |
| couldn't reclaim space on Macintosh HD” | | | | Recovery on your own. The applications preserve |
| When this error message occurs, repartitioning | | | | integrity of your data as they have read-only and |
| process gets halted. This behavior of Boot Camp | | | | non-destructive conduct. |
| utility renders all your hard drive partitions inaccessible | | | | |