Windows XP Installation Issue.

Cory FOOL · #1 July 17th, 2009, 10:12 PM

Hello all, i recently downloaded a clean version of Windows XP Pro SP3 via torrent (I purchased a copy of windows but lost the box and disk while moving) i have a valid product key. I installed the windows OS using bootcamp, once initial installation was complete bootcamp prompted that my system be restarted and setup would continue after that. Upon rebooting setup did NOT continue, now i have a bootcamp hard drive icon on my desktop with the correct amount of hard drive space i specified during setup. i cant seem to figure out how to launch my new windows operating system or to continue the setup process that never activated after reboot as prompted. any help would be greatly appreciated.

Cory.

DeltaMac · #2 July 17th, 2009, 10:16 PM

Try restarting, while holding the Option key.
Choose the Boot Camp partition from that boot manager window, then press return.

Does the Windows setup continue?

Cory FOOL · #3 July 17th, 2009, 10:30 PM

When i executed the boot camp OS from the screen it said "Disk Error, press any key to restart" which did not work, i was forced to manually shut down my system

DeltaMac · #4 July 17th, 2009, 11:00 PM

You really didn't need to send a separate message.
Anyway, here's a link to an Apple tech article that has an answer for you.
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1722