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<blockquote data-quote="dringhiser" data-source="post: 362506" data-attributes="member: 29409">Hey all,I was wondering if there is a way to install windows xp on a macbook pro that has not drive. I took this computer off of a friend who bought the newer 1.66 GHz processor (this one is the 1.33) and the drive doesn't work. I already have one exactly like this one that i use normally, but I want to make this one into a mostly windows computer for windows games and some software I bought that is windows only. I reloaded the Mac OS X on this computer through target disk mode. Just wondering if anyone knew of how to do it with windows too.Here is as far as I'm getting. when I start my good computer (with superdrive, and MAC install disk int he drive) in TDM the drive shows up on this comp. and I open it and click the &quot;Install MAC OS X&quot; and everything works fine and dandy. But since I can't open any of the files on a windows xp cd I can't start an instal, and the drive shows up the same as when you open a .dmg, (the little white front loader disk icon) not as an actuall cd rom...sorry to take up so much space....thanks in advance for any advice.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="dringhiser, post: 362506, member: 29409"] Hey all, I was wondering if there is a way to install windows xp on a macbook pro that has not drive. I took this computer off of a friend who bought the newer 1.66 GHz processor (this one is the 1.33) and the drive doesn't work. I already have one exactly like this one that i use normally, but I want to make this one into a mostly windows computer for windows games and some software I bought that is windows only. I reloaded the Mac OS X on this computer through target disk mode. Just wondering if anyone knew of how to do it with windows too. Here is as far as I'm getting. when I start my good computer (with superdrive, and MAC install disk int he drive) in TDM the drive shows up on this comp. and I open it and click the "Install MAC OS X" and everything works fine and dandy. But since I can't open any of the files on a windows xp cd I can't start an instal, and the drive shows up the same as when you open a .dmg, (the little white front loader disk icon) not as an actuall cd rom...sorry to take up so much space.... thanks in advance for any advice. [/QUOTE]

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