Noobie guide to installings windows xp on my MacBook pro

[Heller]

NeeD to use windows for certain modules at my college. How do I get windows xp ( have legit copy) on my unibody mac book pro


Spry for shorthand typing this on my iPhone from campus now


Any help will be greatly appreciated and thanks in advance

 

[ChAoTiCpInOy]

I think Apple stopped supporting XP and Vista installs. As in you can't install it but if you have it on there it'll still work.

 

[TheStu]

Use VirtualBox unless you need native performance

 

[Printer Bandit]

For native performance:

1) Spotlight search "Boot Camp Assistant" on your Mac.
2) Install.
3) When booting up, hold "Option" key to select between Mac OS X or Windows.

 

[secretanchitman]

which macbook pro do you have? if its a 2010 model or below, you can natively run windows xp using boot camp. if you have a 2011 model, you can only natively run windows 7.

however, if you just want to virtualize windows xp, then either virtualbox, parallels, or vmware will do the trick. snow leopard and lion are both supported.

 

[Kadarin]

OSX 10.7 Boot Camp only supports Win 7. For XP, you have to use a virtualized solution (i.e. Parallels, VMWare Fusion, etc.).

 

[Heller]

trying bootcamp, how does it work, when do i install xp?

 

[Heller]

bootcamp didnt work trying a virtual program now.

 

[TheStu]

bootcamp didnt work trying a virtual program now.

In what way did Boot Camp not work?

 

[Heller]

sorry thought bootcamp was 3rd party software didn't realize it was on my mac, i just installed windows xp pro (only windows software i own) i installed in on the partition called "bootcamp" but how do i access windows from start up, it just boots mac osx right away.

 

[Heller]

can anybody link me to a step by step guide on how to use bootcamp properly i cant find one and i need windows on my pc for school. asap

please help.

 

[TheStu]

You cannot use XP with BootCamp on modern macs. What do you need XP for exactly?

 

[Printer Bandit]

can anybody link me to a step by step guide on how to use bootcamp properly i cant find one and i need windows on my pc for school. asap

please help.

hold the option key when booting up.

 

[umrigar]

http://www.askdavetaylor.com/how_do_i_force_boot_camp_to_boot_into_mac_os_x.html

Hold ALT aka Option while booting shows this:

 

[Heller]

ok i successfully installed windows xp on my mac through boot camp but theirs no drivers on xp, i cant use wi fi its pretty much useless, what am i missing here? right now im typing on the same mac via osx, but when i boot into windows its just a fresh install looks to be missing drivers? nothing for wifi, nothing for audio etc.

 

[TheStu]

ok i successfully installed windows xp on my mac through boot camp but theirs no drivers on xp, i cant use wi fi its pretty much useless, what am i missing here? right now im typing on the same mac via osx, but when i boot into windows its just a fresh install looks to be missing drivers? nothing for wifi, nothing for audio etc.

Apple no longer support Windows XP.

Again, what do you need XP for exactly? You said for school right? What are you doing with it? Your problems could have been solved if you would use virtualization.

 

[cheez]

ok i successfully installed windows xp on my mac through boot camp but theirs no drivers on xp, i cant use wi fi its pretty much useless, what am i missing here? right now im typing on the same mac via osx, but when i boot into windows its just a fresh install looks to be missing drivers? nothing for wifi, nothing for audio etc.

Are you on older version of Mac OS (older than Lion)? Sounds like it cause it allowed you to install WinXP using bootcamp utility?

Installing WinXp maybe easy, but installing drivers is a WHOLE ANOTHA task. :ninja: How old is your Macbook? You'll need to find out what chipset your motherboard is using for the graphics, audio, network, etc. You'll then need to go to the manufacturer site for each of those and download manually. I was able to get the Intel chipset, graphics, and sound driver for Server 2003. But the wireless driver install gone haywire on me.. and ethernet driver I could not find. You can get a wireless USB dongle though instead. I have some other issues that need to be worked out. Too many problems so I went back to OS X Lion for now.:$

 

[Printer Bandit]

Aren't the windows drivers on the Mac OS X installation disk?

pop in the disk and go to setup.exe.

 

[runawayprisoner]

ok i successfully installed windows xp on my mac through boot camp but theirs no drivers on xp, i cant use wi fi its pretty much useless, what am i missing here? right now im typing on the same mac via osx, but when i boot into windows its just a fresh install looks to be missing drivers? nothing for wifi, nothing for audio etc.

Search for "Bootcamp drivers 3.0" on Google. I'm fairly certain that it includes XP support.

Or as suggested, just pop your Mac install disc in and it should have drivers for you.

 

[cheez]

Search for "Bootcamp drivers 3.0" on Google. I'm fairly certain that it includes XP support.

Or as suggested, just pop your Mac install disc in and it should have drivers for you.

Wow, cool! this means I can get the rest of the drivers for win2003 server too. Oh man I'm so excited. I'll give that a whirl. thanks!

 

[mike2fix]

Don't know if it's the case here or not but my kid in law school has a testing program for finals that will not work on any virtualization software, has to be Windows in Bootcamp.

 

[Heller]

going to ITT TECH for network admin bachelor degree, i have to complete certain programs designed for new students, via windows xp, here is the version im using of my mac book pro, i say its about 2 years old... unibody..

 

[Tyranicus]

going to ITT TECH for network admin bachelor degree, i have to complete certain programs designed for new students, via windows xp, here is the version im using of my mac book pro, i say its about 2 years old... unibody..

That model NEVER had Windows XP drivers. You will not be able to get full driver support from Apple.

 

[Ns1]

my 2011 iMac did what windows could not - remove XP support.

 

[TheStu]

my 2011 imac did what windows could not - remove xp support.

hahaha!!

OP, HAVE YOU TRIED VIRTUALIZATION YET?