Boot camp, windows xp and macbook pro-install problem

MacBook Pro 1,1
Mac OS X 10.6.8
Boot Camp Windows XP
I installed a SSD and want to put Windows XP back on the computer.
I had Windows XP running under Boot Camp on my old HDD.
During the Windows XP install when it tells you to
press ENTER to install Windows XP
press R to repair a Windows install
press F3 to exit
I can't get the install to accept any input from the keyboard.
I tried searching the discussions but I'm not finding the answer.
I'm sure it is just something simple I'm not doing. I had Windows XP
running on this MacBook Pro before.
Thanks

I wonder if your XP works with SSD or some SSDs have had trouble with Windows on Macs...
I'd search out PC forums + brand SSD for starters users with XP.
Everyone I run across though have moved on to Windows 7 64-bit.

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Hi all,
I already asked a question on the mac os hread and they pointed me in this direction, so for reference please see the link below:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=11637049#11637049
I am looking to install windows 7 32 bit on my 2010 13" macbook pro 2.4 GHz. The only thing is that i do not have the original snow leopard DVD which came with my macbook. So before i go through the trouble of installing bootcamp, how would get a hold of the drivers? Any advise would help.
Thanks

Hi and welcome to Discussions,
the OSX Snow Leopard DVD is the only legal source for the BootCamp Windows Drivers.
Plus that disc is essential for troubleshooting your Mac in case it needs to.
So, hopefully you kept the packaging of the MacBook and can look through that to find your SL disc.
In case you can't you can contact Apple and ask for a replacement disc.
Have the serial number of your MacBook at hand and usually Apple will send you a disc for a small fee.
Regards
Stefan

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Hi all. Having an odd issue installing boot camp on my 2011 Macbook Pro. When I try and create a partition it gives me the following error message:
"The disk cannot be partitioned because some files cannot be moved."
It goes on to tell me that I need to reformat my drive and try again. Seems a little extreme and even worse, I'm wondering if this will work considering that I still have over 600GB of free space available on my drive. Thought I'd post here and see if anyone has had a similar issue before harassing support.

If you look at the pdf guide in Boot Camp Assistant, step one is to backup. Common sense before altering, installing new OS, and should be required of anyone even if just updating Mac OS.
Now, having fragmented space: Apple never considers defragging free space and says Mac OS X defrags some files, and that having more than 25% free should not impact Mac OS performance.
So I think that covers Apple support for their own OS.
When you install updates, applications and such, the patches are compressed, expanded, space is fragmented, and some vendors often choose to write their updates to the far end of the drive in order to leave high access for other portions.
the best and perhaps only way to move files is to boot from another hard drive, rather than pick yourself up by your own bootstraps and try to shuffle files.
I would never recommend using only built in tools. I don't advise Apple DU First Aid as the sole utility for maintenance and repairs for Mac HFS file system. nor would I use TimeMachine alone. They are free and there and better than nothing.
Create a bootable backup clone of Mac OS for one.
Repair your internal drive.
Try using Boot Camp Assistant; or iDefrag; or Paragon CampTune (yes, it can be used to install Windows partition as well as resize partitions now or later if needed). Does a better job.
The use of x86 Intel cpus opened up new possibilities. Some unintended or not foreseen I guess too. A competition challenge to see who could install Windows on a Mac first and easiest took place in 2006. Apple came in later with their beta. but Boot Camp Assistant has always been a weak, lame, partitioning tool.
Macs and users using gparted and other tools? and try to stop the hand-holding concept? unlikely.
A better tool? there should be, and not only that, it really needs to just be rolled into Disk utilty as one more feature and tab along with other tools - so integrated and if you want to create, resize, remove an MBR slice and Windows partition, you can.
Paragon lets you create a partition, and also they have their own NTFS driver so you don't need to format BOOTCAMP (MSDOS/FAT32) during the install phase later.
Of course installing Windows in a VM doesn't have all the trouble of dual boot native install and given RAM and processor resources, can be more than functional enough for many.
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After that check the Windows Experience Index (WEI), it should be in the high 4s or low 5s meaning that all drivers installed correctly and are pulling their weight. With the graphics driver installed correctly your MacBook Pro will actually run Windows 7 as well or better than a lot of PCs.

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I am at the end of my rope. I have a Mac Pro 1,1 - 2.66 quad core, 7 gigs of ram. I have been trying over and over and over to Boot Camp Windows 7 onto a secondary hard drive. But every single time time, it hangs indefinitely or straight up freezes during "completing installation". I have scoured the interent for answers. I have tried typing shift+f10 when it hangs and typing in explorer.exe. This doesn't work. I have tried having all USB devices unplugged. I have moved the drive from bay 2 to bay 1 and having the other 2 drives empty. I have tried multiple discs. And from what I have found, the Mac Pro is completely unable to boot from a USB drive with the Windows 7 installer on it. WHAT DO I DO? Please help!

your mac pro like mine has older EFI firmware that does not support booting Windows 7 64-bit.
You will have to remove all other drives.
Before you do, reformat the drive you want ot use as Windows Master Boot Record and FAT32, then format the drive with Windows during install.
Get rid of whatever is on the drive now.
You will be limited to 1.9GB RAM
Windows 7 Home Premium supports just one cpu, you have two.
64-bit Windows requires UEFI which you don't have and would need to edit and modify the DVD (reburn after using Imgburn).
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https://discussions.apple.com/community/windows_software/boot_camp

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Hay people, I found a fix for the freezing issues with Vista running in Boot camp with the new, unibody Macbook pros. The driver for the 9600M Gt is no good if you install it from the Apple 2.1 version driver disc (Mac osx disc)for some (most) of us.
I needed to go to Nvidia's site and download the one from DECEMBER 08. If you click the "download drivers" tab on the site, scroll past the current driver it wants you to look at (go to the near bottom of page), click the archives, and input your OS version. Also input "Gforce" and "M" series when needed. It will give you a choice of two drivers. DO NOT CHOOSE THE FEB 09 Driver. Thats the BAD driver for most of us. Choose the DECEMBER 08 driver. Download and enjoy. Be sure to roll back the VGA driver (or the current driver) first before you install this. It should work.
I've been through the ringer with this for weeks now and have even tried to take my MBP back to swap for a new one. Apple wont have any of that so I thought I was SOL. Not quite. This DOES work for me with Vista. It also works for Windows & if you have it handy.
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FYI - Windows 8 and MacBook Pro without Mac OS

For those that are interested.
So have a 3-4 year old macbook pro (15 in) upgraded memory to 4 gig (at the time the place that did it found out I had the defective nvidia chip that apple never told me about- thanks apple support and extendened warrant departments. Always wondered why I had these random crashes. None since they replaced the graphics board.)
So 2 years ago with XP on boot camp I upgraded to Win 7. When I couldn't change the size of the partition using one of the products availabe to increase boot camp partiotion sizes after upgrading to Win 7 I just reninstalled Win 7 alone without boot camp.
Just popped in the Win 7 disc and installed Win 7 without using boot camp. Then used the Mac OSX disk for the drivers. No problems. Have updated the nvidia drivers directly from nvidia several times.Again no problems.
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As for Win 8 much faster than Win 7 and most importantly I have the same interface across my all my PCs, Phone and Tablet (as an aside Surface is great.)

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2) Then install Windows 8 Pro on the bootcamp partition.
3) Once the installation is done, insert the Boot Camp disk, and do not run the setup just yet. Navigate to the disc and view the files on it. RIght-click on setup and click on Properties. Then click on the Compatability tab. Place a check in the box that says Run this program in compatability mode for, and in the drop down box select Windows 7. Then click ok to close out of the Properties windows and run the setup as usual to install the drivers.
I have used the above steps to successfully install Windows 8 Pro 64-bit on my MacBook Pro using Boot Camp and have not had any issues at all. All the drivers work fine. The only thing that does not work is the on-screen indicator. For example if you change the display brightness using the function keys, you don't get the screen brightness indicator to come up, or when you eject a disk from the Super Drive, you don't get the on-screen indicator to come up. The functions all work, you simply don't get the indicator to come up on the screen. Other than that, all works fine.

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Tim Fall wrote:
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Best Boot Camp version for my MacBook Pro?

Hi guys!
So, I've got a 17" MacBook Pro from 2007. It's listed as "macbookpro2,1" in System Profiler, if that helps. I've got the Windows 7 Release Candidate installed on a Boot Camp partition running BC version 2.0. I guess I'm a bit confused - what is the "correct" version of the Boot Camp drivers for this machine?
I bought Star Trek Online today, and I just want to make sure I'm getting the best performance this trusty old Mac is capable of!
Thanks,
Huxley

Hi Huxley,
Windows 7 BootCamp Driver support requires both the Snow Leopard install DVD, which contains the 3.0 version of the Drivers, and the 3.1 driver update which can be download from Apples download site.
The version number of the BootCamp Assistant in OSX is either 3.0 when you use OSX Snow Leopard or 2.0 if you use OSX Leopard.
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3986
To my knowledge the Windows 7 Release Candidate is only valid for use till the end of March, so it might be time to buy the full version.
Regards
Stefan

Windows 7 and Macbook Pro 17" (Series 4,1)

I am entirely unsatisfied with the Windows 7 support that the Bootcamp 3.0 drivers supplied with Mac OSX 10.6 give.
This refers to the commercial, licensed version of Windows 7 Ultimate with Mac OSX 10.6 Bootcamp drivers installed.
While I find the Windows 7 Ultimate experience on my Macbook Pro to be in general quite pleasant, it has some significant problems.
1. Suspend / Resume does not work. When closing the lid, the OS continues running, sometimes - which leads to dangerously excessive heat build up as the fans appear to stop.
2. When leaving the laptop lid open and the laptop unused for a period of time - the machine will simply go black. I suppose its suspended, but the only way to bring the machine out of this state is to fully power cycle the machine, leading to a Microsoft message that Windows shutdown improperly. Repeating this over a number of times leads eventually to Windows requiring a chkdsk at bootup - something takes almost 3 hours to complete on my 50gb BOOTCAMP partition.
3. Temperature control is appalling. The laptop in general runs dangerously hot when booted into windows 7, I have even burnt my thigh as a result.
4. My Apple Bluetooth Wireless keyboard works inconsistently and the pairing is nearly impossible to set up, requiring a bizarre process of switching bluetooth drivers.
5. Why is the Airport basestation + bonjour an obscure download on Apple.com and not detected as needed and available in the Bootcamp driver set? Or available via Apple software update? Surely the software would know its connected wirelessley to an Apple basestation??
As an Applecare customer and licensed user of both Microsoft and Apple software, really this situation is appalling. Apple should provide a working driver set that makes the laptop fully supported NOW. Windows 7 is out as a commercial product and enterprises are already adopting it.
If anybody knows a way of solving any of these problems in Windows 7, please do let me know. And Apple - fix your drivers so they resolve these problems before your laptops start blowing up through overheating.
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Restoring dual boot os - windows 7 on MacBook Pro year 2011

Hi, I have a question to ask, I bought MacBook Pro in 2011, and extended the warranty till year 2015. I wish to send my MacBook back to apple service center to restore my windows os. Forgot to mention, dual boot os is window 7 and default Mac OS. So is it possible to do so? Thanks. Any charges? The MacBook still under warranty.

Where did you extend the warranty on a 2011 MBP to 2015?
It is my understanding that Apple will only extend the warranty for a total of three years which would make it 2014 rather then 2015.
As far as the Apple Service Center fixing BootCamp goes, you will need to discuss that with them. We have no connection to them what so ever and can't speak for them.
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