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MacExpert8874

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Dec 19, 2008
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Hey guys need a little bit of help. I am trying to reinstall windows on y mac with bootcamp. I ran into some problems I can't enter the windows setup my brand new disc can't enter windows setup It copied the files over find but can't enter the setup.
This is the disc I bough and I have used it before to install windows and it was fine.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16832116511
After copping the files I get a disc error message Can anyone help me?

The system is as follows
4GB Memory
2.16GHZ Intel Core 2 Duo processor

Any help would be helpful.
 

JediMeister

macrumors 68040
Oct 9, 2008
3,263
5
OEM disc with SP3 bundled = no-no for Boot Camp. You need a Windows XP SP2 disc. Also print out the Boot Camp install guide from here. Don't forget that after selecting the Boot Camp partition as the destination, you must still format it again using FAT32 or NTFS. If you select leave file system intact, you're setting yourself up for failure later. Also, before installing Service Pack 3 from Windows Update, download and run Boot Camp 2.1.
 
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