Fluc Posted January 24, 2007 Share Posted January 24, 2007 Hello, I've been googling and searching this forum for about an hour now and I haven't gotten across anything that helps me with my problem. I might be using the wrong words to describe this issue but this seems a place well fit to ask this question. I'm a fairly newbie Mac user since I have been using my C2D Macbook Pro for about 2 weeks now. I've been trying out a lot of stuff and I'm a fast learner but don't expect me to know all there is to it Today I have installed WinXP Pro using Boot Camp. However everything works completely fine, whenever I randomly boot/reboot my Macbook Windows is the operating system to boot up as the default. So, unless I hold <alt> on startup, Windows will boot. Ofcourse I have bought a Mac for a reason and I want OS X to be the operating system to startup whenever I randomly startup my Macbook. I've been using 'default boot' in my searching terms to find anything about this problem, but that hasn't gotten me too far up till now. I thank you for all your effort. I have come across a website that suggests that holding <F8> on startup would give me some kind of boot menu for OS X, but trying that out resulted in no actions at all and just a plain boot of WinXP. - Fulco Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39808-mac-os-x-as-default-boot-using-boot-camp/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 Go to system preferences, then click on Startup disk. You will probably have two disks, probably called Macintosh HD and Untitled. Under each click on Macintosh HD and then restart. Hope that helps. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39808-mac-os-x-as-default-boot-using-boot-camp/#findComment-284090 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fluc Posted January 25, 2007 Author Share Posted January 25, 2007 Seems to work perfectly! It also still works after having booted WinXP and then rebooting. So for the looks of it: problem solved. Never figured that would be the solution since in the Startup Disk window it doesn't say anywhere which disk is set as default. Anyway, thank you. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39808-mac-os-x-as-default-boot-using-boot-camp/#findComment-284110 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numberzz Posted January 25, 2007 Share Posted January 25, 2007 That is what the forum is about Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39808-mac-os-x-as-default-boot-using-boot-camp/#findComment-284155 Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 fwiw, there's a Startup Disk applet in windows as well, under Control Panel. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/39808-mac-os-x-as-default-boot-using-boot-camp/#findComment-285480 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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