Hello, everyone! I just got my shiny new 2011 macbook pro!
Umm, i had bought a windows 7 upgrade disk back when I was a windows user, and now I want to install it in bootcamp (it's a legitimate copy)
However, I know that the disk will check for an already installed copy of windows xp (since it's an upgrade disk).
I would normally just install windows xp, and then install windows 7 over it. However, I'm not sure how xp will play with the new 2011 pro. I know bootcamp only supports windows 7, so my questions are:
1. Does this mean windows xp will not install? Or does it mean that no drivers are provided.
2. If windows xp does install, but it's unbootable, can I use bootcamp to do an installation over that? (all that has to happen is the windows 7 disk needs to detect an existing installation of XP, and since I legally own both operating systems, I want to be able to install it so I can get a little gaming done
Thank you in advance for all your help!
Umm, i had bought a windows 7 upgrade disk back when I was a windows user, and now I want to install it in bootcamp (it's a legitimate copy)
However, I know that the disk will check for an already installed copy of windows xp (since it's an upgrade disk).
I would normally just install windows xp, and then install windows 7 over it. However, I'm not sure how xp will play with the new 2011 pro. I know bootcamp only supports windows 7, so my questions are:
1. Does this mean windows xp will not install? Or does it mean that no drivers are provided.
2. If windows xp does install, but it's unbootable, can I use bootcamp to do an installation over that? (all that has to happen is the windows 7 disk needs to detect an existing installation of XP, and since I legally own both operating systems, I want to be able to install it so I can get a little gaming done
Thank you in advance for all your help!
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