Boots Into Windows Despite Drive Selection

Discussion in 'Windows, Linux & Others on the Mac' started by Tech-Minded, Dec 21, 2010.

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  1. Tech-Minded, Dec 21, 2010

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    This is an odd problem that just started to show up. I have windows xp installed and whenever I try to select to boot from a CD or USB in the boot menu, my mac will boot from the windows partition instead. Can someone help me solve this problem?
     
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  2. balamw, Dec 22, 2010

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    Have you tried resetting your PRAM and SMC?

    http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1379?viewlocale=en_US

    http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3964

    Probably not going to fix it, but worth a shot.

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  3. Kevenly, Dec 27, 2010

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    I had this problem until I realized that I had to click "Apply" in the Windows BootCamp Control Panel after selecting the OS X folder to make it stick. I'm not used to having to click "Apply" because with OS X there are no Apply buttons; things just stick after you select them. Hope your problem is as simple as that!
     
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