Help.... Please

[hollystarr]

Hi

have a slight problem.

Brought an IBOOK. we have cameras at shops of ours and the DVR is not software compatible with Mac.

I was told by using Boot Camp l can run a MSoft operating system.

I then purchased a XP disc and am trying to run it.
It has downloaded all info and now l just get a screen with
press any key to boot from cd.

next line says
Disk error

then
press any key to restart, witha flashing dash

nothing happens when a key is pressed and l cannot get the xp disk out.


Have l done anything wrong, as l am not 100% computer literate.

Please help

Holly

 

[After G]

You can get the XP disc out by holding the mouse button when starting the computer. Just turn it off first and hold the trackpad button down when rebooting.

 

[JediMeister]

You can also try interrupting the boot process by holding the option key on startup, waiting for the disc and the hard drive icons to appear on the gray background, then holding the eject key. Also, by the way, your computer can't run Boot Camp. Boot Camp requires an Intel processor which an iBook lacks. So while you can install 10.5 possibly on the system, you can't create a Boot Camp partition to house the XP installation.

 

[hollystarr]

Thanks still cant get it out

The MacBook had the software on the start up disk. If l said l had an I book meant MacBook.

I still cannot get it out?

Any other suggestions?

regards

Holly

 

[hollystarr]

Thanks Jedimaster

Got the disc out but where do l stand with boot camp. Can l have it or have l again wasted my money buying all the extra stuff.

Any help would be appreciated.

Holly

 

[After G]

Start running Boot Camp from within Mac OS X before using the XP CD.

It's a program called "Boot Camp Assistant", and it can be found in /Applications/Utilities

If the XP disc gave an error, you might want to get it replaced with a good CD. You can try again, now that you know how to get it out if it fails.

Alternatively, you could try running Windows from within Mac OS X - it's called virtualization and you can try a free version called VirtualBox.