[muglo] Re: Inatalling Windows XP on MacBook Pro w/Mac OS 10.6.4
- From: Dean Danis <dean_danis@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:16:39 -0400
Hello Bob,
This may seem like a dumb question, but why do you need to use Boot Camp?
Normally I would only suggest using that if you need to run a Windows OS that
needs to take full advantage of the hardware. Like for playing games. If you
are planning on using Windows for email, or Microsoft Office, then I would
suggest using VirtualBox instead. It's free and works very will. It will run
Windows 7 in a virtual environment inside your Mac OS. It's the best of both
worlds rather than having to restart the computer into Windows.
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
Dean
Dean Danis
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From: rmcdaniel@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [muglo] Re: Inatalling Windows XP on MacBook Pro w/Mac OS 10.6.4
Date: Mon, 28 Jun 2010 15:15:08 -0400
To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks, Dean. Problem now in Disk Utility is to select a disk (drive) where
"Partition" shows and Volume Scheme and Volume Information boxes are not greyed
out. After sitting awhile another entry appears below Macintosh HD and my
optical drive: Bob McDaniel's MacBook Pro, and indented below, time capsule
backups. I sure don't want to erase the backups!
It also says that the currently selected disk (200.05 GB FUJITSU MMY 22) is
the start-up disk and it cannot be erased. BTW when I select "Macintosh HD" the
"Partition" button does not appear.Bob
On 2010-06-28, at 7:16 AM, Dean Danis wrote:Once you partition a drive ALL data
will be lost on it. Disk Utility will format the drive for you once
partitioned. Review your time machine backup to make sure that important data
is backed up before proceeding.
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