Cannot install Windows XP Professional on my MacBook Pro using Boot Camp.

Cannot install Windows XP Professional on my MacBook Pro using Boot Camp. When I get to the point of inserting the Windows disc and clicking 'Install' at the Boot Camp Assistant screen, it keeps telling me that it cannot find the Install Disc. The installation disc I am using is a new full install disc. I have tried to do the same thing using a Windows 7 disc with the same results. Does anyone have any answers. I am getting desperate!

saturnotaku wrote:
Csound1 wrote:
Windows XP is not supported, install Windows 7 or 8.
Reading the entire post is your friend:
I have tried to do the same thing using a Windows 7 disc with the same results.
Perhaps you could offer a suggestion then.

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