bigfatcow Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Before I buy a macbook pro, I have a few questions. I want it to dual boot leopard and XP. I know this is easily done with boot camp, but I want a extra partition for XP for data. For example, leopard partition, xp partition and data/backup partition. Is this possible and how easy is it to do this? If for any reason (viruses, crashes), can I format and reinstall XP without touching the leopard and data partition? If yes, how easy is it to do this? I'm familar with windows but not so familar with osx. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/110036-questions-before-i-take-the-plunge-to-buy-a-macbook-pro/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embio Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 1, very easy - just halve the partition boot camp creates 2, very easy - install as normal Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/110036-questions-before-i-take-the-plunge-to-buy-a-macbook-pro/#findComment-779968 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfatcow Posted June 11, 2008 Author Share Posted June 11, 2008 1, very easy - just halve the partition boot camp creates2, very easy - install as normal Thank you. To halve the partition boot camp creates, can I go ahead and install XP, then after XP is installed and use partition magic or other like gparted to halve it? Or do I have to use the terminal to create another partition? or either way is fine? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/110036-questions-before-i-take-the-plunge-to-buy-a-macbook-pro/#findComment-779978 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xx66stangxx Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Thank you. To halve the partition boot camp creates, can I go ahead and install XP, then after XP is installed and use partition magic or other like gparted to halve it? Or do I have to use the terminal to create another partition? or either way is fine? You I believe you can create two partitions from Boot Camp. One for Xp and another for Xp data. Which would be a total of three partitions on your hdd. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/110036-questions-before-i-take-the-plunge-to-buy-a-macbook-pro/#findComment-780029 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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