Im trying to put windows on my mac book pro laptop so i can play the beta for this game. I followed instructions from an answer i found, here is the link: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=Ah9X9uvhEaPUMLOpWedEc1sjzKIX;_ylv=3?qid=20090720091533AA43wSp
I opened up my Macintosh HD and copied anything and everything that was in there to an external HD.
I went to disk utility, went to partition, used the + sign to create a new partition, i named it windows and put the size as 32gb (I did that because of the option available in boot camp assistant to set the other drive for 32gb).
I got an error message a couple minutes after i hit apply to partition saying not enough disk space.
What am i doing wrong? Have i done everything right so far or have i missed a step? Would someone be able to give me step by step instructions of what i need to do to set up my mac to dual boot both windows and mac.
I would really appreciate any and all help you can offer me. Im new to this kind of thing, and I don't want to ruin my mac.
Thank you very much,
Brandon
Ok first of all, I never said anything about stealing a copy of Windows so dont try and make me look like a bad guy. I am simply trying to dual boot my mac so I can play this game that isnt available for a mac yet. When i went to use boot camp assistant i got this message:
"Back up the disk and use Disk Utility to format it as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. Restore your information to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant again."
When i went to use Disk Utility, 1. my format was already in OS Extended Journaled and i used the + sign to add another one, hit partition, and it said not enough free disk space. So i need help, anyone please, on how to get this done, what do i need to do? What are the steps i need to take in order to dual boot my macbook pro and put windows on it (and yes i will have a legitimate copy of windows)?
I opened up my Macintosh HD and copied anything and everything that was in there to an external HD.
I went to disk utility, went to partition, used the + sign to create a new partition, i named it windows and put the size as 32gb (I did that because of the option available in boot camp assistant to set the other drive for 32gb).
I got an error message a couple minutes after i hit apply to partition saying not enough disk space.
What am i doing wrong? Have i done everything right so far or have i missed a step? Would someone be able to give me step by step instructions of what i need to do to set up my mac to dual boot both windows and mac.
I would really appreciate any and all help you can offer me. Im new to this kind of thing, and I don't want to ruin my mac.
Thank you very much,
Brandon
Ok first of all, I never said anything about stealing a copy of Windows so dont try and make me look like a bad guy. I am simply trying to dual boot my mac so I can play this game that isnt available for a mac yet. When i went to use boot camp assistant i got this message:
"Back up the disk and use Disk Utility to format it as a single Mac OS Extended (Journaled) volume. Restore your information to the disk and try using Boot Camp Assistant again."
When i went to use Disk Utility, 1. my format was already in OS Extended Journaled and i used the + sign to add another one, hit partition, and it said not enough free disk space. So i need help, anyone please, on how to get this done, what do i need to do? What are the steps i need to take in order to dual boot my macbook pro and put windows on it (and yes i will have a legitimate copy of windows)?