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I did some "unplanned" experimentation yesterday while setting up my new Mac Pro. I wanted to install dual Raptors to do a fresh install of OSX. I removed the stock Apple drive, and installed my two Raptors, one of which was a "pull" from a working Dell Precision 470 workstation with Windows XP SP2 and dual XEON's. I'm not that famililar with Mac's, so when I turned it on, I couldn't figure out how to get the OSX CD into the drive for it to boot on, so the system started booting from the first drive bay (which had my Dell drive in it). To my surprise, Windows XP Pro started booting...all the way to the login screen! I logged in and up came Windows XP!! Of course, there was hardware that didn't have drivers (mostly chipset stuff that the intel chipset updates would fix).
My question is this...is there a way to put a working PC-based Windows XP PRO hard drive in one of the drive bays and just somehow configure boot camp to use that drive without having to reload windows?
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My question is this...is there a way to put a working PC-based Windows XP PRO hard drive in one of the drive bays and just somehow configure boot camp to use that drive without having to reload windows?
Windows isn't my thing but I believe you should be able just install the drivers from the drivers CD that's made by the Boot Camp Assistant. You will have to start Mac OS X at least once and install Boot Camp to get the CD.

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