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so i am buying windows service pack 2 sometime this week, do i need Parallels also to be able to install it? or do i just load up my mac on leopard and install?


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You can use Bootcamp (with Leopard) to partition your drive and install XP
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i just tried the bootcamp and it said verification failed this disk could not be patitioned. please used the disk utility to repair, so i do that and it says bootcamp appears to be okay... hmmm??
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that may happen sometimes
not really much to worry about...


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so i am buying windows service pack 2 sometime this week, do i need Parallels also to be able to install it? or do i just load up my mac on leopard and install?


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Since when did you have to buy service packs?

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that may happen sometimes
not really much to worry about...


o.O... well its not completing the process just stops.
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Since when did you have to buy service packs?
apparently it costs.
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What Windows OS are you using?

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Service Packs by themselves cost nothing. Windows XP with SP2 is a version of Windows and it costs $$$. I figured that is what the OP meant. Windows with SP2.
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o.O... well its not completing the process just stops.
Have you run Disk Utility?
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o.O... well its not completing the process just stops.
sorry about that... I figured that repairing the permissions had worked for you


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