Can I install XP on Lion machine?

I noticed in the Bootcamp install instructions for Lion that XP and Vista are not mentioned for install, only Windows 7. Leopard and Snow Leopard said you could XP, Vista, and W7. I'd go ahead and try installing XP except I figure the drivers are missing or something. Can I install XP on a 13" MacBook Pro with Lion, or do I need to spend the $ for a copy of Windows 7?

Yes, usually. You can use BootCamp or Parallels and a copy of whatever current flavor of Windows you can afford would be best if you want to take advantage of up-to-date tools, support etc.

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Can't install OSX Mountain Lion, on the disk selection screen i cant select the Macintosh HD to install OSX giving a message (This disk cannot be used to start up your computer).only have one disk to select and my partition map scheme is GUID partition

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Verify your computer can run Mountain Lion:
Upgrading to Mountain Lion
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--> At this point I am getting desperate, as this computer was purchased second-hand, so I don't have the Apple ID used to install Lion!
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- How can I reinstall Lion without the original Apple ID?
- How can I upgrade to Mountain Lion without App Store?
I'm STUCK! Please help!!

Anyone?
I finally managed to download the newest combo update and installed it successfully!
However Safari still doesn't open. It keeps saying the following:
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I also finally got access to App Store: but the download of Mountain Lion doesn't complete, because it seems to need Safari.
So I'm still stuck with the two issues:
i) Safari doesn't work, and I can't get it to work unless I can reinstall/upgrade the OS.
ii) I can't upgrade the OS without Safari!
--- unless someone knows a way to install Lion/Mountain Lion _without_ Safari??
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