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singapored
May 13, 2009, 08:00 AM
i use boot camp to create a partition for windows to be installed on but i am unable to choose/it does not show up when installing XP. What should i do? New to mac thanks in advance


singapored
May 14, 2009, 03:27 AM
someone pls enlighten me
Deecy
May 14, 2009, 11:05 AM
Did you go into system prefs and then to Startup Disk? There, you can select which disk boots up on restart.
Heretushi
May 14, 2009, 07:39 PM
someone pls enlighten me

Hold down the ALT key while booting to select your windows drive.
Heretushi
May 14, 2009, 08:47 PM
Looks like I can't delete this double-post.
Ivan P
May 14, 2009, 08:56 PM
i use boot camp to create a partition for windows to be installed on but i am unable to choose/it does not show up when installing XP. What should i do? New to mac thanks in advance

How old is the XP disc? It has to be Service Pack 2 or later. If it's the original version or Service Pack 1, it won't show the Boot Camp partition as it's not a supported OS. I've (stupidly) tried to install the original 2001 version of XP before using Boot Camp on my iMac about a year ago, and selected the only partition that showed up...and it wiped my entire OS X partition :p