XP won't boot after Snow Leopard update

[viper99d9]

I recently upgraded my unibody macbook pro from leopard to snow leopard. While on Leopard I used boot camp to install XP and never had a problem. I was also using VMware Fusion. Yesterday I tried booting to xp for the first time since the upgrade. After showing the xp boot screen, the computer just shuts off. I can get into safe mode and everything seems fine, but it won't boot normally.

 

[McGiord]

What kind of Snow Leopard install you did?

Did you updated/upgraded VM Fusion also?

The safe boot you mean, for your Mac OS or for XP?

 

[viper99d9]

I used a store-bought snow leopard disk to upgrade OSX from 10.5 to 10.6.
I have not updated fusion, but I will do that now.
I am able to start XP in safe mode, but not normally. OSX is fine.

 

[McGiord]

Also check for updates in Windows, and do update the apple software in Windows, the Snow Leopard drivers.

 

[viper99d9]

I'm unable to run the Snow Leopard disc in safe mode. The apple pages I've found say to use the disc. Is there a way to download them instead of using the CD?

 

[funwithamar]

I'm unable to run the Snow Leopard disc in safe mode. The apple pages I've found say to use the disc. Is there a way to download them instead of using the CD?

sure , just get the latest boot camp for ur system ....
http://support.apple.com/downloads/#bootcamp

if that doesnt work try repairing ur xp with the xp installation disk
or do a fresh xp install

 

[viper99d9]

I solved the problem by booting into VGA mode and using the Snow Leopard disk. VGA mode was not on the automatic post-crash boot menu. I had to hold f8 to get it to show up. After the Boot Camp 3.0 installation, XP boots fine. Thanks for the advice!