Just today I decided to install Windows XP on my Macbook Pro all aluminum 15″ notebook using bootcamp.\u00a0 I setup the partition to be 10gb in size inserted the windows CD and rebooted.\u00a0![\"\"](\"http:\/\/media.bestofmicro.com\/apple-mac-bootcamp,K-A-152362-13.jpg\" "\\"applelogo\\"")
I am skipping some steps here but this is just an outline.\u00a0 The notebook restarts and loads from the windows CD.\u00a0 When it got to the point where it asks for the partition to install windows, I selected the bootcamp partition, but my mistake was I didn’t format the partition.\u00a0 It was already marked as fat32, so I figured it was not necessary.\u00a0 If you don’t format the partition during install when the computer reboots it will boot up to an error.<\/p>\n
Disk error
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A note on formatting, if you format as fat32, Mac OS can read and write files to Windows.\u00a0 If you format as NTFS you will only be able to read files. \u00a0 There is software that can be install on Mac to write to NTFS file systems.\u00a0 It’s called macfuse<\/a> (opens a new window).\u00a0 I had to boot back into OS X, restart the bootcamp, delete the partition and start over.\u00a0 If you get the CD stuck in the notebook hold the eject while booting.\u00a0 If it keeps booting to the above error, hold down the option key while booting.\u00a0 That boots to an OS selector screen when you can choose Mac and start over.\u00a0 Good luck and happy computing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just today I decided to install Windows XP on my Macbook Pro all aluminum 15″ notebook using bootcamp.\u00a0 I setup the partition to be 10gb in size inserted the windows CD and rebooted.\u00a0 I am skipping some steps here but this is just an outline.\u00a0 The notebook restarts and loads from the windows CD.\u00a0 When … Continue reading Mac OS Leopard bootcamp and disk error<\/span>