XP set up - which partition ?

[XPcentric]

Hello guys, I need a quick tip.

I've just started installing Windows on Mac, and created two equal partitions with Bootcamp.
Now on Windows set up, it shows me:

E: Partition1 [unknown] 200MB / 200 free
F: Partition2 [ unknown] 118656 / 118656 free
unpartitioned space 129 MB
C: Partition3 <bootcamp> [FAT32] 119490 / 119459 free

It's my first Mac I bought and want to be sure what partition to install, I dont want to override Mac OS, please advice!

Many thanks!

 

[cbrain]

Hi XPCentric, and welcome to the world of Macs!

The partition you need to select is "C: Partition3 <bootcamp> [FAT32] 119490 / 119459 free".

Good luck and have fun!

 

[XPcentric]

Thank you cbrain!

I've chosen so, and Set up copied the files from the CD.

A restart was required, and my screen came up with
"Disk error
Press any key to restart"

Even if I press any key didnt restart, I managed to take the CD out of there, but now when I restart, same screen cames up. Hope I didnt override Mac OS, and feel sorry its so hard to install Windows on Mac. I'll probably use Parallels.

Now I need to boot MAC OS and dont know how!

 

[XPcentric]

I found very helpful this post,
for other newbies like me, in the future:

I just installed bootcamp this weekend. I went through the first installation segment, then it restarted and I too got the black screen w/ the blinking cursor.

I just turned my computer off for a while, then next time I started the machine I held down the option key until the boot options (OS X or Windows) came up, and I selected windows and hit enter.

Then XP loaded fine and contined the final part of the installation.

So if you're getting the blinking cursor screen, try restarting and holding the option key (you have to hold it for a few seconds sometimes... just wait until you see the mouse appear).

Hope this works for you guys.

Also, AFTER XP has finished installing FULLY, restart your machine, hold the option key down, and load OS X, then in the system preferences you can select OS X as your default. That way you only have to hold the option key down if you want to start windows. But initially, if I didn't hold any key down, it wouldn't load ANYTHING.

If you're having a problem w/ it restarting and giving you a "disk error" you probably didn't format your drive. Even though bootcamp formats the drive initially, you have to format it during windows setup (either FAT 32 or NTFS) for it to work properly.