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Martin Hope
aperkins
Asked: 2011-04-26 15:02:53 +0800 CST
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I have bootcamp installed, and it has worked fine (for months) until today. When I boot up now, it goes straight into OS-X, whether or not I have the option keys pressed. It still sees the other partitions when I go into the "Startup Disk" utility in the System Preferences. I have done nothing with the boot sector, haven't even installed anything into the machine since the last time I booted into Windows. Is there a simple fix that I am missing? I really. REALLY do not want to install Windows again if I can at all help it.

I see that I can boot to windows through the Startup Disk mechanism, but that is really not workable as a long term solution. Any thoughts on how to make this be fixed?

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Martin Hope
Thomas L Holaday
Asked: 2009-05-09 12:09:52 +0800 CST
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The download page for Boot Camp 2.1 says to install it before applying SP3, but my XP installation CD is already SP3. This is a scratch install on a formatted NTFS partition. How am I supposed to install Boot Camp 2.1 first?

(I ask because the XP installation has been hanging at the 33 Minutes Left stage for two hours, and the Caps Lock light no longer toggles, the symptoms of It's Dead, Jim.)

Edit:

  • I am using Windows XP Professional, OEM Software, with hologram, purchased for cash money from B&H this very morning.
  • The computer has had all firmware updates applied.
  • Installation stopped hanging after I unplugged the ethernet cable and every device except the keyboard and mouse.
  • I created the (60 GB) partition with Boot Camp Assistant, which formatted it as FAT32, and then elected to convert it to NTFS during the installation.

The puzzle about how to install Boot Camp 2.1 before applying SP3 remains unsolved.

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