Hi! I bought my first mac a week ago and I tried installing bootcamp. Everything works fine until I insert the drivers disc. The computer freezes when it is installing the intel chipset. I have done this three times and received the same error. I formatted using NTFS. Should I try FAT? Anyone with the same problem? Is there a solution?
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BootCamp XP Help!
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Are you using the Bootcamp 1.3 beta? That's the latest version. No, I would not try FAT, since I'm almost certain that the disk format isn't the problem. If anything I'd try making a new driver disc and testing with that.
I don't know if the Genius Bar folks will be willing to help with a Boot Camp issue... but I suppose it's worth a try if you're willing to do it.
Which machine are you trying to install on?
Make sure that you disconnect all unnecessary peripherals before trying to install, including keyboard and mouse if you have a laptop (i.e., just use the integrated keyboard and mouse).
How long have you let it stay "jammed" on the intel driver screen before cancelling or shutting down? Some of the drivers may take a while to install.
around 20minutes
I saw someone had the same problem but they never typed out a solution if ti was solved or not.
Same here
Install SP2 onto Mac pro. Windows runs ok. (No sound and network etc)
Run bootcamp installer from apple drivers CD and it always locks up when installing the Intel driver. Mouse frozen.
Restart and pci.sys is missing so windows doesn't boot at all.
Tried several times with two versions of Apple drivers cd.
Can install most drivers manually from CD, this gets audio and network going.
But installing Intel stuff break it all.
Any thoughts?
Install SP2 onto Mac pro. Windows runs ok. (No sound and network etc)
Run bootcamp installer from apple drivers CD and it always locks up when installing the Intel driver. Mouse frozen.
Restart and pci.sys is missing so windows doesn't boot at all.
Tried several times with two versions of Apple drivers cd.
Can install most drivers manually from CD, this gets audio and network going.
But installing Intel stuff break it all.
Any thoughts?
I'm having the exact same problem on a macbook pro. XP works until I insert the driver CD and it gets to installing the intel chipset. Has anyone figured out how to solve the problem yet?
The solution!
When Boot Camp 1.4 came out I decided to try reformatting and installing windows again. The drivers went in fine and everything works great.
When Boot Camp 1.4 came out I decided to try reformatting and installing windows again. The drivers went in fine and everything works great.