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<blockquote data-quote="SammySlim" data-source="post: 1004681" data-attributes="member: 48298">Using a non-SP2 disc would not have &quot;wiped out&quot; the Mac OS but not following the Boot Camp instructions to the letter might have resulted in that (on the installation guide which, if you read the sticky on this forum, you would have printed out before you started).&nbsp; There are a couple of non-intuitive steps in the process, including a step where if you do the wrong thing you write Windows XP over your Mac OS.&nbsp; Using an XP SP1 disc would typically just result in a failed install that didn't work right, gave error messages but doesn't affect the Mac partition at all.I would get your Mac OSX disc, reinstall your Mac OS, get the correct Windows XP disc that you need, print the guide and start over.&nbsp; Unless you backed up your HD before you started ... which you surely did, right? <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />If the Mac partition doesn't show up then you wrote over it.Good luck!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="SammySlim, post: 1004681, member: 48298"] Using a non-SP2 disc would not have "wiped out" the Mac OS but not following the Boot Camp instructions to the letter might have resulted in that (on the installation guide which, if you read the sticky on this forum, you would have printed out before you started). There are a couple of non-intuitive steps in the process, including a step where if you do the wrong thing you write Windows XP over your Mac OS. Using an XP SP1 disc would typically just result in a failed install that didn't work right, gave error messages but doesn't affect the Mac partition at all. I would get your Mac OSX disc, reinstall your Mac OS, get the correct Windows XP disc that you need, print the guide and start over. Unless you backed up your HD before you started ... which you surely did, right? :) If the Mac partition doesn't show up then you wrote over it. Good luck! [/QUOTE]

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