rolodex Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 Hi all, First off, Im using a macbook 1.83 with 1gb of RAM. But my Superdrive is faulty. Creates scratches all over. Warranty over already. Don't have that much money to fix. I am in deep trouble. I have a lot of works that requires 3Ds Max. So I need windows. Don't ask me about PC. Im planning to buy them next month. So the problem is here ; I need to run windows natively on my mac. I have a faulty superdrive. It was impossible to install windows using CD, unless i want the CD to be scratched like hell. So, is there any way to install windows and run it natively? I tried with Fusion, but when I tried to boot it natively, it gives me a BSOD. I have the iso image of windows xp pro. Can I like, use external USB DVD Drive to install via bootcamp? I've googled all over, but to no avail. I would really appreciate any help. Thanks. Johnny Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84420-help-bootcamp-vmware-fusion-faulty-superdrive/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolodex Posted January 29, 2008 Author Share Posted January 29, 2008 Found the solution already. What I did ; My superdrive can only read the WinXP CD halfway (the blue screen - EULA - format - choose hd - copy files) part. so i did that. After that, setup couldn't find ASMS in i386 folder. what I did was, i copied the whole CD content into C drive in OS X (my format is NTFS so I used NTFS 3G + MacFUSE) and did the install manually. and im posting this using my natively installed windows xp. woohooo for me!! now i can do my work in peace...... cheers all! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/84420-help-bootcamp-vmware-fusion-faulty-superdrive/#findComment-599658 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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