I am trying to install Windows on my Mac via Boot Camp. I partitioned 20GB of space for the installation. The disc I'm using came with a Dell computer I had for a while. Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 3 is the version of Windows that is on the disc. It says on it, "Operating System" "Already installed on your computer". So the disk is a re-installation CD. I figured that it wouldn't matter if I used that cause it had all of the necessary files on it to run Windows. I put the disc in and it started installing and it looked like it was installing just fine and then at the very end of the installation there was a windows error message that said there was an error installing. The Mac reset and went back to the blank page I had when first started the installation. I had a hard time ejecting but I eventually got the disk out and my Mac went back to running normally. Did Windows not install correctly because I am using a re-installation version of Windows? Thank you in advance for any help.
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I'm not sure if my Windows Installation CD is correct.
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The Windows installation is probably looking for the proper BIOS to finalize the activation. You'll only be able to use it with the computer brand it's armed for.
I think it's a problem with some XP SP3 discs, I have that problem too, when it finished copying all the files, on the reboot I got an error message saying there was an error with a file to continue installation (.dll I guess), my disc is a retail XP SP3, so I had no choice but to install Windows 7 ¬¬ which works great but I wanted XP!
BTW I can install with same disc on VMWare and Parallels without any problem, so it is the disc, or it is bootcamp issue!
BTW I can install with same disc on VMWare and Parallels without any problem, so it is the disc, or it is bootcamp issue!