Startup Disk Control Panel in Windows does not Show Mac OS X Partition!

this is a good thing...not a bad thing. There seperated systems, and have nothing to do with each other since their paritioned (well at least in windows)

So OS X knows it's there and windows doesn't...meaning anything virus related will stay in the windows parition

 

WinXP can't see nonWindows partitions without a third party application.

 

I don't have that problem.

On my XP (using Boot Camp on a MBP), the Startup Disk program in the Control Panel shows MAC OS X. I had to use it to make it the default, otherwise when I reboot from XP, it reboots back into XP (which isn't what I want it to do).

No clue what to do if it doesn't show it on yours.

 

When you installed XP, did you tell it to nuke the whole disk when it asked for formatting? (I'm not sure how XP installs, but 2kPro ignores all previously placed partition tables unless you tell it to)

 

thank goodness

 

blasto - my Startup Disk looks exactly the same as yours. imac 17 core duo, and I can't get it to work, only way to boot osX is to do the Option on startup.

I did not have the onmac.net stuff on my imac prior to using Boot Camp. so, I did my install precisely the way the Apple install guide suggested.

 

had the same problem

unfortunately, to correct the problem, i had to reinstall xp

#1: XP with SP2 (i'm assuming that's what you have)
#2: Format xp partition in FAT
#3: Mac Drive 6 (very important: updates)

Then you should be able to see all the drives, and select the ones you want to boot into. In addition, you should be able to modify the contents of the drives in both OSX and XP (the OSX drive being called by default "Macinstosh HD" and XP "NO NAME" when in OSX and "Local Drive" in XP).

Hope that helps

you shouldnt worry too much about viruses, just install the windows updates, and then disable internet when you dont need it (in my case: shut down the wireless).

 

Yeah I'm not sure why they put a 32gb limit to it? That's the main reason I chose NTFS instead. Strange! But let's remember, this is why it's BETA software. There's bound to be anomolies and bugs. Added to the fact that it's running Windows which has enough problems not conflicting with itself everytime you ask it to do somthing

 

So that I'm not confused, ... the 32GB limitation (hence the name FAT32) is that of Microsoft and has nothing to do with Apple's Boot Camp (beta), right?