Partition for OSX/XP

My advice would be to just do it over and create a larger partition. I'm assuming you haven't installed much onto the XP partition. you're so early in the process it's best just to start over than trying to find a fix.

In case you don't know how, the boot camp assistant lets you erase the existing partition. Then you go through the process you went through before.

Sorry if that doesn't help.

 

1. Don't use Norton. 2. Windows XP should eat up between 2-3 GB of your drive space. Please partition more then 5 GB.

 

Why? It is the biggest piece of junk software out there. You are doing yourself and the world a favor by not using it.

 

Either, or both...hehe


Just as a rider question - How much should/do you you allocate for XP partition?

 

Speaking strictly from a Windows / Linux user standpoint I never make a partition for Windows usage smaller than 10 GB. Windows XP takes between 2 - 3 GB, Office, Anti-Virus, some other smaller things and perhaps 1 game like Half Life 2 and you're quickly at around 8 GB. Also keep in mind that Windows uses your filespace as memory so building a configuration that eats up almost all your parition will not give you as good of performance as you'd get if you had a few gigs free at any given time.

If you've got a 60 GB harddrive in the Macbook, that may or may not be enough space to effectively use Bootcamp depending on what your system usage is like for both OS X and Windows.

From what I can tell if you do OS X, and reinstall with JUST the pieces you need you save between 3 - 5 gigabytes of data from your harddrive which could be used in a Windows partition.

 

You don't need to buy another piece of software. All you need is AVG as your anti-virus, and ZoneAlarm for a firewall - both of which are free. Please, just do not install Norton. It's a complete waste of space and can screw up your system. Sell it on eBay if you must.

 

For windblows he needs to subscribe to Norton for the rest of his life, with OSX its just a waste of time and will screw it up.

 

For the operating system itself, 2 GB should be more than enough. If XP is going to be your secondary OS, you might want to try adding another partition, format it as FAT32 and install your programs there instead of the default "c:\program files".

 

I have 32 GB allocated in a FAT32 partition. Your mileage may vary for a laptop.

 

I understand that you already spent the money on Norton, but I cannot stress enough how much that program sucks. I used to use it on my roomie's PC and we had nothing but problems. It bogged the system down horribly and, IMO, was not all that great at catching viruses. If you ever decide to remove the program it is damn near impossible, it roots itself so deep into your system. In my experience I had much better luck catching the bad stuff with AVG's free AV software, I've been using that and a few other free programs and everything has been running smooth on the PC, unlike back in the day, where trying to use it involved a lot of hair-pulling and even more cursing. Just do a quick Google search on the subject and you'll be surprised with what you read.

Sorry about the lecture, I just couldn't resist...I'm always a bit concerned when people think they need Norton's bloatware. If you have good results with it, great! I have heard of the rare PC running Norton with no problems. Good luck!

 

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as a rule I load windows... windows defender... AGV... and all is good... everyone is right Norton blows... I have never used it, but Leo Laporte recomends NOD32 ( http://www.eset.com/ ) not sure of the price, but I would imagine minimal and I think they have a 30 day trial so you can try before you buy..

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I have 32G for my XP partition. I have it fat32, so I can share my docs with both OS X and XP.