Will This Work?

AduNeButt · AduNeButt #1 (**permalink**)

10-02-2007, 05:35 PM

I want to install Windows XP through Boot Camp on to my MacBook. I have a Windows XP SP2 "reinstall disc" that came with my Dell PC. Will this disk work to install with Boot Camp? It does not contain the drivers that a normal XP disc would..But since you burn drivers through Boot Camp just for the Mac, I suppose it wouldn't matter...Anyways my ultimate question is can I install Windows XP through Boot Camp using the CDs that came with my Dell PC ("reinstallation discs")?

newcitizenship · newcitizenship #2 (**permalink**)

10-02-2007, 06:37 PM

Not without doing a lot of geeky reworking. The Dell disc will check the hardware, and if it's not the original Dell, it won't install. There is apparently a way to create a "slip-stream" disc, though I have no experience doing so and wouldn't know where to start.

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AduNeButt #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 27, 2007 Posts: 39	10-02-2007, 05:35 PM I want to install Windows XP through Boot Camp on to my MacBook. I have a Windows XP SP2 "reinstall disc" that came with my Dell PC. Will this disk work to install with Boot Camp? It does not contain the drivers that a normal XP disc would..But since you burn drivers through Boot Camp just for the Mac, I suppose it wouldn't matter...Anyways my ultimate question is can I install Windows XP through Boot Camp using the CDs that came with my Dell PC ("reinstallation discs")?
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newcitizenship #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 27, 2007 Posts: 39	10-02-2007, 06:37 PM Not without doing a lot of geeky reworking. The Dell disc will check the hardware, and if it's not the original Dell, it won't install. There is apparently a way to create a "slip-stream" disc, though I have no experience doing so and wouldn't know where to start.
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