installed xp on bootcamp... mac wont start... HELP!!

[Gaogier]

Hello

I installed on my mac using bootcamp (I use parallels), so, After a few attempts as my s/n was entered incorrectly... I finally got xp working. However when running the mac, XP loads up automatically. I can not seem to get the mac to start up.

I done everything by the book, why is this happening? how do I fix?

I can now access the MAC, I have removed the windows section... however it still tries to start up windows...

 

[spinnerlys]

Hello

I installed on my mac using bootcamp (I use parallels), so, After a few attempts as my s/n was entered incorrectly... I finally got xp working. However when running the mac, XP loads up automatically. I can not seem to get the mac to start up.

I done everything by the book, why is this happening? how do I fix?

Do you use Boot Camp (BC) or Parallels? They are two very, very fundamentally different applications.

To boot into Mac OS X hold down the Option/alt key during startup until the boot selector lets you either select Mac OS or Windows.

Once in Mac OS X, go to System Preferences > Startup Disk and follow the hints there.

In Windows (if using BC), there is a little BC icon in the task bar, which lets you set your start up OS and also lets you restart in Mac OS X.

 

[Gaogier]

the OS is removed, however, there seems to be 5GB missing? before I had 117GB free space, now I have 112GB free space...

the mac also is slow at restarting compared to it before... I really should of just used parallels

Any idea on where this 5GB went? How to speed up the booting of mac?