Re-installing vista macbook pro

[john335]

Hi guys i am on holiday and really need to reinstall vista. i have the vista cd with me. when i try and boot from cd it says 'press any key to boot from cd' but the keyboard doesnt work until i am in windows. i dont have boot camp with me and am a bit stuck

any ideas?

thanks john

 

[88888888]

delete the partition then reinstall?

 

[Tallest Skil]

How do you not have Boot Camp with you if you already have Vista installed? Why did you (delete?) Boot Camp with Windows installed?

 

[john335]

thanks.... sorry for being stupid how do i do that?

 

[nephilim7]

thanks.... sorry for being stupid how do i do that?

in utils dir in applications there should be an app called 'boot camp assistant'.. open it, tell it to delete the partition, recreate a partition and reinstall

 

[Neil321]

in utils dir in applications there should be an app called 'boot camp assistant'.. open it, tell it to delete the partition, recreate a partition and reinstall

I think he deleted the assistant ?????

 

[nephilim7]

I think he deleted the assistant ?????

one would hope that isn't the case.

 

[john335]

the bootcamp beta version i used expired. i cannot find anywhere to download a new version from, all i can find are updates. any links would be great. i am not used to macs at all. is there any other easy fool proof way i can get this sorted asap? thanks

 

[e12a]

my guess is that you have tiger.

to get support for bootcamp you must have leopard.

 

[john335]

is there anyway round this i am desperate?

 

[jsw]

There's no good way around it. Possibly resetting the date on the Mac and disabling System Preferences->Date & Time->"Date & Time->Set date & time automatically" and then trying it might work. But it might just screw up everything once the date gets set correctly.

Basically, you need to buy Leopard or stop using Windows on the Mac.