Boot Camp - is this right!?

[Locker]

In the Boot Camp assistant I've set my Windows partition at 50GB but when I boot into Windows XP the only partition which comes up is 131071MB (My HDD is 500GB so it's smaller than that). Is this right? Or do I risk loosing data?

I've tried running the Boot Camp assistant twice by the way...

Any help would be great!

 

[Peace]

Whats it show under OSX ?.Sounds like you formatted it for 130GB not 50GB.

Don't see why you would lose any data but I don't do windows.

 

[Locker]

Nope, it's a 50GB partition for sure, says so in Leopard. Look:

 

[Eidorian]

You're not using a Service Pack 2 disc of Windows XP.

 

[Locker]

Does it have to have SP2 built in? i.e. - I can't upgrade after.

That would explain a lot! Thanks... 🙂

 

[Eidorian]

Does it have to have SP2 built in? i.e. - I can't upgrade after.

That would explain a lot! Thanks... 🙂

It has to be a Service Pack 2 disc.

Any version of XP before that wouldn't be able to recognize beyond 128 GB on a hard drive among other things.

My suggestion is to slipsteam Service Pack 2 and make a new installer disc using nLite.

 

[Locker]

Ah, that would make sense! I guess it detects the HDD, but the first partition (OS X) is too big to properly recognise, so it doesn't even get to the Windows Partition (which I belive should come up as C🙂.

I've tried a SP2 disc but it says it's not recognised. It was a .img file I burnt with Toast Titanium - is that method ok?

 

[Matek]

Did you burn it correctly? You need to use the specific feature for burning images, not just make a data disc and put the img file on it.

 

[Locker]

Yes I selected "Burn Image", chose the .img file and clicked burn... I guess if I had just burnt it as a file it'd be accessible anyway... I haven't tried booting it yet as I'm at college at the moment - just wondering if it could still work or if saying "cannot be read by computer" means it's corrupt.

 

[TheStu]

Yes I selected "Burn Image", chose the .img file and clicked burn... I guess if I had just burnt it as a file it'd be accessible anyway... I haven't tried booting it yet as I'm at college at the moment - just wondering if it could still work or if saying "cannot be read by computer" means it's corrupt.

If you are at college, either
A: Find someone and get a fresh copy of Windows XP
B: Go to the bookstore and buy the stupidly discounted copy of Windows

 

[Eidorian]

If you are at college, either
A: Find someone and get a fresh copy of Windows XP
B: Go to the bookstore and buy the stupidly discounted copy of Windows

Why do that when can slipstream a disc?

I'm using a XP Pro SP1 disc that I slipstreamed Service Pack 2, .NET Framework, and all the fixes on to.

Not to mention unattended install...

 

[Locker]

Well I've done it, works like a charm. Can you update the ATI drivers in XP? Only, when I went to download 2600 HD Pro for drivers for Windows XP it said I didn't have a compatible chipset. I guess that's because it's not really the same (physically at least) card? It's integrated on the iMac to some extent isn't it?