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Suffering through installing a Windows XP partition on a Macbook…
Friday, September 18, 2009 / Software
Dear Jacob.
I am having a great deal of difficulty Installing Windows Xp. on my Mac Book.This is a late 2007 model and it should install. However, I printed off BOOT CAMP an d have been reading it very carefully. The CD does not complete the cycle It keeps coming up with “Press any key to Boot from CD.Disk Error. Press key to restart” I do all these things and nothing happens. I looked up Boot Camp on Apple Support and they sent a page which I do not understand so I will write it off to you.
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RESOLUTION:After selecting a Windows Partition in Boot Camp 2.0 in Mac OS X 10.5,then rebooting from the Windows XP installer CD, be sure that you format the Windows partition before continuing with the rest of the Windows XP setup process.
I just do not know what I am doing wrong. I follow the instructions in BOOT CAMP and it still comes out as above. Can you simplify this for me ,please. I think many have had this problem as I see many questions in the Apple discussion page. However,I did not see any solutions.
Sincerely,
Robert
When booting up from the Windows install disc, the first thing you need to do is format the partition you created with the boot-camp utility in the Mac OS. What you need to do is format the available
empty space on the windows partition with a NTFS or FAT32 file system. Only after you format the partition, will the Windows installer have a place to put the Windows XP files. Here is some info from the
Microsoft install documentation.
• At the Welcome to Setup page, press ENTER.
• Press F8 to accept the Windows XP Licensing Agreement.
• All existing partitions and non-partitioned spaces are listed for each physical hard disk. Use the ARROW keys to create a new partition by selecting the non-partitioned space. You can also press C to create a new partition using non-partitioned
• To create the partition with the maximum size, press ENTER.
• If you want to create additional partitions, repeat steps g. and h.
• Use the ARROW keys to select the new partition where you want to install Windows XP, and then press ENTER.
• Select the format option that you want to use to format the partition. You can select from the following options:
• Format the partition by using the NTFS file system (Quick)
• Format the partition by using the FAT file system (Quick)
• Format the partition by using the NTFS file system
• Format the partition by using the FAT file system
• Leave the current file system intact (no changes)
Notes
• If the selected partition is a new partition, the option to leave the current file system intact is not available.
• If the selected partition is larger than 32 gigabytes (GB), the FAT file system option is not available.
• If the selected partition is larger than 2 GB, the Windows Setup program uses the FAT32 file system (you must press ENTER to confirm).
• If the partition is smaller than 2 GB, the Windows Setup program uses the FAT16 file system.
• If you deleted and created a new System partition, but you are installing Windows XP on a different partition, you are prompted to select a file system for both the System and Startup partitions.
• Press ENTER.
• After the Windows Setup program formats the partition, follow the instructions that appear on the screen to install Windows XP.
I cleaned up the Microsoft documentation to help you read through it easier. Hope that helps,
- Jacob
