CoastGirl Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Hi I am new to macbook It has windows xp loaded from store. I have keyboard and mousepad glitches. Store supplied Mac OS X disks, but no windows xp disks. Store does not wish to discuss this further. I tried to run windows checkdisk, but the screen only give reformat/reinstall option. as I am complete newbie to mac i am stuck. what are my options, can you recommend websites to assist with accellerated learing? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82302-macbook-pro-running-windows-xp/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Macbooks don't come with any windows version "from store" that I know of. Why don't you use OSX? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82302-macbook-pro-running-windows-xp/#findComment-584352 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CLiDE FTW!!1 Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Yeah, just wipe that {censored} off the hard drive. Pop in the Mac discs, and see all your problems disappear! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82302-macbook-pro-running-windows-xp/#findComment-584384 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastGirl Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 I am PC repair. mac belongs to client. she bought the mac from a store on university campus. she is not happy as the store refuses to speak with her about her mac. I will ask her to reinstall. ??? if she says go ahead. do I just insert disk, boot press C and follow prompts, much like PC??? if yes I will convince her to go ahead as this mac is very sick as it is. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82302-macbook-pro-running-windows-xp/#findComment-584388 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Just pop the mac installation disc in and once the installation menu is shown go to Tools->"Disc Utility": - Select the drive from the list on the left and then press "partition" (right side). - Select the "1 Partition" option from the pull down menu and HFS+ as the file system. - Press the "Options" button on the bottom of the screen and select GUID. Press OK. - Now apply the changes and when it's done (should take like a minute or two) close the disc utility and continue with the OSX installation. Hope this helps, hecker Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82302-macbook-pro-running-windows-xp/#findComment-584442 Share on other sites More sharing options...
westwaerts Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 am i wired to the wrong planet ? your client bought a macbook to run only windows ? > then sell the macbook and go for a new pcbook or does she want to run osx and windows ? then install osx, then bootcamp, then windows xp sp2 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82302-macbook-pro-running-windows-xp/#findComment-584493 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastGirl Posted January 18, 2008 Author Share Posted January 18, 2008 I know how you feel, some days I feel like banging my head against a brick wall. I can't get any sense out of her. but thank you all for the help. ??? as newbie to mac - bootcamp? what? how? why? and can you recommend reading/website for crash course to new universe would appreciate guidance Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82302-macbook-pro-running-windows-xp/#findComment-584778 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metrogirl Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Bootcamp is a native Mac mechanism for running XP on an Intel-based Mac. Official details are HERE and you'll find a lot of information on Insanely Mac about using it. I'd like to offer more help but I've never used it myself, my Macs are PowerPC based (and can't run Windows natively) and I use XP on standalone Windows machines. I'm sure there will be plenty of people here who will come to your rescue! Good luck! -s- Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82302-macbook-pro-running-windows-xp/#findComment-584796 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted January 18, 2008 Share Posted January 18, 2008 Hey, I second Metrogirl's offer. Just drop us a line if you need any help. Cheers, hecker Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82302-macbook-pro-running-windows-xp/#findComment-584818 Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedfreaK Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 insert the leopard dvd, format the whole hard drive with the ntfs structure, and install mac os x leopard then, when you booted in mac os x you click on the magnifying glass in the upper right corner of the screen and type: boot. open the program "Boot Camp-assistant" which should appear in the list. and then all you have to do is to follow the easy instructions on the screen. Once you installed xp, reboot your pc, and just after the boot tone of the macbook, you press "alt" and you will get two options to boot: xp and leopard. choose xp and boot it up. then (if the drivers aren't installed yet) insert the leopard dvd and install the necessary drivers" welcome the the world of the mac Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82302-macbook-pro-running-windows-xp/#findComment-585151 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 insert the leopard dvd, format the whole hard drive with the ntfs structure, and install mac os x leopard then, when you booted in mac os x you click on the magnifying glass in the upper right corner of the screen and type: boot. open the program "Boot Camp-assistant" which should appear in the list. and then all you have to do is to follow the easy instructions on the screen. Once you installed xp, reboot your pc, and just after the boot tone of the macbook, you press "alt" and you will get two options to boot: xp and leopard. choose xp and boot it up. then (if the drivers aren't installed yet) insert the leopard dvd and install the necessary drivers" welcome the the world of the mac You can't install Leopard on an NTFS file system. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82302-macbook-pro-running-windows-xp/#findComment-585177 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastGirl Posted January 20, 2008 Author Share Posted January 20, 2008 now i'm confused. yes/no to the NTFS file system? this system is not running leopard. it only boots to xp there is no option to boot to another op sys. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82302-macbook-pro-running-windows-xp/#findComment-586087 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted January 20, 2008 Share Posted January 20, 2008 now i'm confused. yes/no to the NTFS file system?this system is not running leopard. it only boots to xp there is no option to boot to another op sys. Please. Just follow the directions I gave you above, repartition the drive with HFS+ and install OSX. OSX CANNOT BE INSTALLED ON NTFS. Is that clear enough? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82302-macbook-pro-running-windows-xp/#findComment-586275 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastGirl Posted January 21, 2008 Author Share Posted January 21, 2008 Yes thank you. I will be speaking to client tomorrow and will advise her that we should put mac osx back on this sys. I thank you all for your excellent (and extremely quick) help. regards Lillian Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82302-macbook-pro-running-windows-xp/#findComment-587562 Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastGirl Posted January 22, 2008 Author Share Posted January 22, 2008 update client paid 'store' to install win xp, but did not get cd supplied. now we just plain load mac op sys. run as it should be mac only. good girl I like clients who do as they are told. thank you so much folks for all you help and patience. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82302-macbook-pro-running-windows-xp/#findComment-588623 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 I'm sure she won't regret switching to OSX Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82302-macbook-pro-running-windows-xp/#findComment-588770 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ongeloof Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Putting any version of windows on a Mac should be made illegal whether it be native or in boot camp.. Think Mark Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82302-macbook-pro-running-windows-xp/#findComment-588836 Share on other sites More sharing options...
hecker Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Putting any version of windows on a Mac should be made illegal whether it be native or in boot camp.. Think Mark Unless you're stuck working with a company that works mainly with windows applications and you're a programmer/software designer. I'll take parallels on my macbook over having to buy a PC any time. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82302-macbook-pro-running-windows-xp/#findComment-588926 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ongeloof Posted January 22, 2008 Share Posted January 22, 2008 Unless you're stuck working with a company that works mainly with windows applications and you're a programmer/software designer. I'll take parallels on my macbook over having to buy a PC any time. Shouldn't be done, those two should be kept far apart... unless your trying to OSx86... then thats OK... in 1997 Microsoft helped Apple out, Apple shouldn't and won't do the same when MS goes down the {censored}ter... Think Mark Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/82302-macbook-pro-running-windows-xp/#findComment-589126 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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