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Repair disk.

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I need to repair my disk for an installation of XP on my macbook. However, whenever I try to repair it, the button is grayed out and I can't click on it. What gives?
 
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You have to boot up from your restore/install CD's to repair your disk. You cannot repair a disk while it is running as the startup volume.
 
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moosegoose said:
Ahh, thanks.
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A new problem:

I've gotten XP started with the installation, but since it's an XP upgrade disc, it has to verify that I have a previous version of the windows. So, I try to put in my ME disc to show that I do...and I can't open my CD thing on my macbook by pressing the button on the keyboard.

Why won't it open?
 
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The windows installer doesn't know that the F12 key is the CD Eject key, and it will not work during the installation.
 
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JP13829 said:
The windows installer doesn't know that the F12 key is the CD Eject key, and it will not work during the installation.
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And there is no way around this?

Also, when I restart, it won't let me eject so it just starts XP installation again.
 
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A possible way around this is to use an external CD drive with an eject button on the front, as for the cd not ejecting at startup, while you're restarting the computer hold down the mouse button. (Start holding it while the computer plays the mac chime, and release it when the CD comes out)
 
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Upgrade discs don't work anyway, according to Apple's faq.
 

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