First post here.
Spankin' new Mac Pro. Runs great. Of course.
Spankin' new Windows XP Pro disc (yes it is 32 bit)
Boot Camp Creates partition just fine.
Windows disk spins up, shows me a really pretty blue window that says Windows at the top for about ten minutes.
Windows set up shows me a lovely blue screen with Welcome to Windows Set up and says press "enter" to install Windows.
Nothing works. Period. Nada, zip, nuttin! Disc just spins down and everything goes eerily quite.
Have to restart.
No problem getting back into OS X. Windows just simply refuses to install at all.
I read somewhere that USB devices could interfere, and have unplugged everything but the keyboard.
Now when I press enter all I get is the EULA and nothing else happens.
There is no list of drives appearing in the setup window.
This obviously is the problem. No drives show to install to.
[Edit]: Just want to add that it did occur to me the partition may have been too small. I was trying it at 32 gigs, but I changed it to half the drive (236 Gig drive, 116 partition). Still does the same thing. No drives showing in setup and only can access EULA. Nothing else. Windows XP Pro. [End edit.]
Be gentle. This my first mac (owned anyway - I did spend three years working with MANY ending in 2000) and I haven't worked with a Mac since, so it's taking a bit to remember some simple things, like how to get the stinkin' Windows disk out and switch back to Mac OS, but I did manage to get that far. Macs are like riding bikes I guess. You don't really completely forget, and thank God they don't mess with it so much that it's all changed eight years later!
Ideas anybody?
Spankin' new Mac Pro. Runs great. Of course.
Spankin' new Windows XP Pro disc (yes it is 32 bit)
Boot Camp Creates partition just fine.
Windows disk spins up, shows me a really pretty blue window that says Windows at the top for about ten minutes.
Windows set up shows me a lovely blue screen with Welcome to Windows Set up and says press "enter" to install Windows.
Nothing works. Period. Nada, zip, nuttin! Disc just spins down and everything goes eerily quite.
Have to restart.
No problem getting back into OS X. Windows just simply refuses to install at all.
I read somewhere that USB devices could interfere, and have unplugged everything but the keyboard.
Now when I press enter all I get is the EULA and nothing else happens.
There is no list of drives appearing in the setup window.
This obviously is the problem. No drives show to install to.
[Edit]: Just want to add that it did occur to me the partition may have been too small. I was trying it at 32 gigs, but I changed it to half the drive (236 Gig drive, 116 partition). Still does the same thing. No drives showing in setup and only can access EULA. Nothing else. Windows XP Pro. [End edit.]
Be gentle. This my first mac (owned anyway - I did spend three years working with MANY ending in 2000) and I haven't worked with a Mac since, so it's taking a bit to remember some simple things, like how to get the stinkin' Windows disk out and switch back to Mac OS, but I did manage to get that far. Macs are like riding bikes I guess. You don't really completely forget, and thank God they don't mess with it so much that it's all changed eight years later!
Ideas anybody?