windows bootcamp issue!

after following the easy guide to create a partitioned space on the hard drive i restarted to instal win XP. as i go to select my partition to intall on the space that was said to be createdthe bootcamp space was not there in the fat format.i dont want to risk installing it on the space provided as im sure it is the space with OSX. now when i restart it askes for a boot disk. how can i cancel this setup?

Any help it greatly apreciated!

Press and hold the option key immediately after turning the machine on. Hold it until you can select the Mac OS X partition. After booting the machine into OS X, go into System Preferences => Startup Disk and make sure you set the Mac OS X partition to be the default.

cwa107 said:

Press and hold the option key immediately after turning the machine on. Hold it until you can select the Mac OS X partition. After booting the machine into OS X, go into System Preferences => Startup Disk and make sure you set the Mac OS X partition to be the default.

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I was going to ask to how to set the Mac OS as primary because mine wants to boot to Windows by default all the time. Thanks!

SOlson said:

I was going to ask to how to set the Mac OS as primary because mine wants to boot to Windows by default all the time. Thanks!

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Sure. Also note that it can be set in Windows in the Control Panel (assuming the Boot Camp drivers and support software have been installed).

cwa107 said:

Sure. Also note that it can be set in Windows in the Control Panel (assuming the Boot Camp drivers and support software have been installed).

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I didn't know that...I will check that out also. I'm just learning as I go...thanks again. ;D