stupidnewbie
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I think I may have just killed my iMac.
I updated all my firmware, ran bootcamp, burned the drivers cd, and partitioned 30 GB for the XP installation.
I insert my Windows cd. Reboot as per instructions. Get Blue Screen -- it wants me to choose a partition to install to. I select C. (It's the only partition listed.) It says to format to either NTFS or NTFS quick. I select NTFS. It begins formatting the partition.
Next it starts installing the Windows files. Once it's completed, it says it will reboot in 3 seconds. It reboots. It brings me back to the ORIGINAL BLUE SCREEN. It wants me to choose a partition again. I choose C again. It says there's already a Windows installation there, do I want to delete it and reinstall. No! Do I want to reformat it? No! I choose to leave the file system as is, and it deletes the old Windows installation and overwrites a new one on top of it. Then it reboots again. I get the same Blue Screen.
I seem to be stuck in an endless loop. Worst of all, when I hold down the alt/option key while the computer's rebooting, there is no OSX option. It just shows "Windows" with a little arrow underneath it. And when I click that I'm taken back to the Blue Screen.
Help. Please.
I updated all my firmware, ran bootcamp, burned the drivers cd, and partitioned 30 GB for the XP installation.
I insert my Windows cd. Reboot as per instructions. Get Blue Screen -- it wants me to choose a partition to install to. I select C. (It's the only partition listed.) It says to format to either NTFS or NTFS quick. I select NTFS. It begins formatting the partition.
Next it starts installing the Windows files. Once it's completed, it says it will reboot in 3 seconds. It reboots. It brings me back to the ORIGINAL BLUE SCREEN. It wants me to choose a partition again. I choose C again. It says there's already a Windows installation there, do I want to delete it and reinstall. No! Do I want to reformat it? No! I choose to leave the file system as is, and it deletes the old Windows installation and overwrites a new one on top of it. Then it reboots again. I get the same Blue Screen.
I seem to be stuck in an endless loop. Worst of all, when I hold down the alt/option key while the computer's rebooting, there is no OSX option. It just shows "Windows" with a little arrow underneath it. And when I click that I'm taken back to the Blue Screen.
Help. Please.