Installing Windows XP on MacPro

hi, i just bought a MacPro and i need to install windows xp on it. does anyone know how to do this? please let me know! thanks!

I've read of people with 'trashed' directory or partition tables from using BootCamp 1.4 with XP
You firstly need to be able to determine if the problem is Boot Camp, XP or simple pilot error. With Boot Camp, if you're not careful you can overwrite your Mac OS X partition with Windows which results in a completely non-functioning system.
and there may be more versions of XP than have been tested or are 'safe' but it isn't clear why
Bear in mind that the number of people using pirate and worse, hacked and slipstreamed versions of Windows discs is of an extremely higher percentange than with Mac OS X. Have you ever heard of anyone slipstreaming a Mac OS X installer? This makes issues with installation far more prevalent than one would expect.
When it comes to Windows users I never make the presumption that they're doing the right thing!
Along with lack of support for 64-bit Vista
And what does that have to do with installing XP? I don't recall the OP wanting to install Vista 64-bit, let alone any version of Vista.
You have choice of native Windows table (Master Record)
As I said in my previous post, if you want full compatiblility with Boot Camp and Mac OS X you'll need to use the BC Assistant. With using MBR yourself is no issue to run Windows you do lose functionality when it comes to its interaction with Mac OS X.
IF 10.5 introduces changes to partition tables
So you think Apple might change the partitions in some way in Leopard with absolutely no testing after having gone through the BC beta program this past 18 months? Interesting!
But, my own experience, back to Mac OS 6.0.7, I always re-initialize boot drives when upgrading to a new OS
Mine too but the nice thing about using BC is that for the Windows side you shouldn't have to and don't have to as it's not being upgraded. You don't erase and install for minor updates under Mac OS so why would you make it sound like you'd need to for Windows under BC?

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