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April 11th, 2006, 05:28 PM
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| Installing Windows XP on MacBook Pro I've installed Windows XP Pro on a MacBook Pro, however, there are no drivers for the ethernet adapters so I can't access the internet to install SP2 or more current drivers. How do I get around this problem? I am not using Bootcamp, this is a straight installation from scratch. Please don't tell me to use Bootcamp if you don''t know how to solve this problem otherwise.  |
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#2
April 11th, 2006, 05:36 PM
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| If there are no drivers, there are no drivers, and you cannot use the ethernet port then. How, exactly, did you install Windows XP on there without BootCamp? If it's from the hack going around the internet, I would suggest reformatting the drive and using BootCamp -- that way, you'll have Apple-supported drivers for most all of the hardware.
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#3
April 11th, 2006, 05:42 PM
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| Without BootCamp With the new Apple Firmware update, you don't need BootCamp to install Windows XP. Just boot from the Windows XP installation disk and install as usual. |
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April 11th, 2006, 07:14 PM
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| Ah, I see... well, since there are no drivers for the Intel-based Macintosh hardware included with Windows XP, you may want to download BootCamp just to have it create a driver disk for you. You can then use that disk in Windows XP to install the drivers for the hardware.
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April 11th, 2006, 07:19 PM
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| You'll find out that BootCamp provides these drivers. "For your convenience, Boot Camp burns a CD with all the Mac-specific drivers for Windows: Graphics Networking Audio AirPort wireless Bluetooth The Eject key (on Apple keyboards) Brightness control for built-in displays This CD also installs a Startup Disk control panel for Windows. To find it, look for Startup Disk in the Performance and Maintenance section of the Windows XP Control Panel. "
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#7
April 12th, 2006, 12:04 AM
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| thank you I used bootcamp to create the Mac Drivers disk. However, when I run the Mac drivers disk in Windows XP Pro on the MacBook Pro, I get the error message feature transfer error error -1603 Fatal error during installation. Consult Windows Installer Help (Msi.chm) or MSDN for more information. and the installation fails. The video driver did install properly, but no network drivers! |
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#8
April 12th, 2006, 07:16 AM
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| well then start over and do it through boot camp. all of it.
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