Help.. Boot Camp

[Trooperof3]

Ok so, I just got leopard on my Macbook. I really need Boot Camp So i can do my School work.

For the past day or so I've been trying to install XP. Everything goes great I partition it, Windows installs i can log into windows. I throw in Disc 1 And BC puts in all the drivers, (everything looks great) then I restart. I hold down alt key at the start up. Where i'm suppose to have the option to boot in Mac or Windows. I only have the option to run Mac HD. where is my Windows Drive? please help

 

[Trooperof3]

help...😕

 

[acearchie]

help...😕

Have you printed off the bootcamp instructions...

You may have after booting into the windows installer disk selected the wrong harddrive to burn windows too and it may have therefore been unable to burn windows to it so it was deleted at restart (or actions to that effect)

Go to sytem preferances/startup disk and see if there is a windows bootcamp folder there?

Hope this is helpful!

Oh and please dont repost just 2 hours after your original post! Not everyone is out here just to help you!

 

[subwarm]

Ok so, I just got leopard on my Macbook. I really need Boot Camp So i can do my School work.

For the past day or so I've been trying to install XP. Everything goes great I partition it, Windows installs i can log into windows. I throw in Disc 1 And BC puts in all the drivers, (everything looks great) then I restart. I hold down alt key at the start up. Where i'm suppose to have the option to boot in Mac or Windows. I only have the option to run Mac HD. where is my Windows Drive? please help

I'm having the same issue and this has been documented on Apple's support forums by other people. Seems to be Leopard issue.

http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1219469&tstart=0

In the the discussions there is one person stating that running an Apple software update inside of Windows fixes this problem. Will try it out and post findings.

 

[mankar4]

you are installing xp sp2 right? because if it's sp1, it won't work.

 

[neilhart]

Ok so, I just got leopard on my Macbook. I really need Boot Camp So i can do my School work.

For the past day or so I've been trying to install XP. Everything goes great I partition it, Windows installs i can log into windows. I throw in Disc 1 And BC puts in all the drivers, (everything looks great) then I restart. I hold down alt key at the start up. Where i'm suppose to have the option to boot in Mac or Windows. I only have the option to run Mac HD. where is my Windows Drive? please help

This maybe a nit. But the ALT key and the Apple Options key at start up are two entirely different things..! I actually went out and purchased an Apple keyboard just to get an "Option" key.

Neil.