Bootcamp Help!!!

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  1. dkg123, Feb 20, 2010

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    I just looked at a FAQ page on the apple site and it said that when i am installing windows and it asks me to choose the partition called "BOOTCAMP" but when i get to that part in the windows setup process there is no partition named "BOOTCAMP" only one partition is shown and i'm afraid it's my mac partition. what should i do?
     
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  2. celticpride678, Feb 20, 2010

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    You didn't partition your hard drive using the Boot Camp Assistant.
     
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  3. dkg123, Feb 20, 2010

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    yeah i did that and i made it about 21gbs and then after it partitioned it asked me to put in the disk and it would start the setup and so on
     
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  4. JediMeister, Feb 20, 2010

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    What Windows disc are you using? Is it XP SP2 or SP3, Vista, 7? Did your purchase it retail or did it come with one of your previously owned PCs?
     
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  5. dkg123, Feb 20, 2010

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    its windows xp professional with sp2
     
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  6. celticpride678, Feb 20, 2010

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  7. Mac N Tosh, Feb 22, 2010

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    You need service pack 2, then u wont have any problems...Then come back when u upgrade to service pack 3, there are some renaming of a file you must do in order to upgrade to 3.....
     
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  8. MacDawg, Feb 22, 2010

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    According to the OP he was already using SP2
     
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  9. akswun, Feb 22, 2010

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    I had the same problem when attempting to bootcamp XP SP2 and actually reformatted my mac os with XP at the same time the xp disc corrupted on me...
    took me a couple hours to figure out what happened and reinstall SL .... thank God for time machine!

    I have come to the conclusion that XPsp2 is pretty outdated for a macbook. Just get W7! so much easier... yeah yeah I know it's pricey but it doesn't have to be :D:p

    anyway... W7 bootcamps flawlessly!
     
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