Boot camp partition not recognize

[singapored]

i use boot camp to create a partition for windows to be installed on but i am unable to choose/it does not show up when installing XP. What should i do? New to mac thanks in advance

 

[singapored]

someone pls enlighten me

 

[Deecy]

Did you go into system prefs and then to Startup Disk? There, you can select which disk boots up on restart.

 

[Heretushi]

someone pls enlighten me

Hold down the ALT key while booting to select your windows drive.

 

[Heretushi]

Looks like I can't delete this double-post.

 

[Ivan P]

i use boot camp to create a partition for windows to be installed on but i am unable to choose/it does not show up when installing XP. What should i do? New to mac thanks in advance

How old is the XP disc? It has to be Service Pack 2 or later. If it's the original version or Service Pack 1, it won't show the Boot Camp partition as it's not a supported OS. I've (stupidly) tried to install the original 2001 version of XP before using Boot Camp on my iMac about a year ago, and selected the only partition that showed up...and it wiped my entire OS X partition