[igit]

Hey guys,
I recently got a MacBook Pro (making the big switch!) and can say that Mac is amazing as far as ease of use. I got it through a scholarship program and as we were booting up, the Mac laptops booted up in 10 minutes and were online while the Windows (Hp) were still loading 20 minutes later... :P Well, I'm trying to run Boot Camp because I still like the options available for Winows. Boot Camp requires that you install XP with the Service Pack 2, bt I installed Boot Camp using the XP SP 1 disc, thinking I could just add the update later. Well, that doesn't work, as I found out and I'm trying to slipstream a new copy of XP with SP 2 and install that.

My question is this: Will a slipstreamed copy of Windows XP with the Service Pack 2 work in Boot Camp? And if so, how do I go about unistalling/reinstalling XP in boot camp? I'm almost ready to do it, but I'm a little nervous and don't know much about Macs/computers in general. :O) Thanks!

David

[SoltoN]

The slipstreamed version should work just fine. The quickest way to reinstall XP would be to go back into boot camp assistant and turf off the partition, then recreate it.

[Serge_N_Gin]

Originally Posted by igit

Hey guys,
I recently got a MacBook Pro (making the big switch!) and can say that Mac is amazing as far as ease of use. I got it through a scholarship program and as we were booting up, the Mac laptops booted up in 10 minutes and were online while the Windows (Hp) were still loading 20 minutes later... :P Well, I'm trying to run Boot Camp because I still like the options available for Winows. Boot Camp requires that you install XP with the Service Pack 2, bt I installed Boot Camp using the XP SP 1 disc, thinking I could just add the update later. Well, that doesn't work, as I found out and I'm trying to slipstream a new copy of XP with SP 2 and install that.

My question is this: Will a slipstreamed copy of Windows XP with the Service Pack 2 work in Boot Camp? And if so, how do I go about unistalling/reinstalling XP in boot camp? I'm almost ready to do it, but I'm a little nervous and don't know much about Macs/computers in general. :O) Thanks!

David

Here's a helpful link on the above.