Install Mac Drivers for Boot Camp without right Leopard install disk

This is my first post so please excuse my lack of knowledge. I am currently in Dubai for a week of work and was having a problem with my Windows OS. I removed the partition and reinstalled Windows XP with the Windows disk I brought with me. When I went to install the Mac drivers from the Leopard Install disk 10.5.0 that I had also brought with me, I noticed it was the Leopard disk that I bought last year to upgrade my prior MBP from Tiger and not the Leopard 10.5.2 disk that came with my current MBP that I bought last month. I tried it anyway and as it was loading it would always crash in the same place- as it was loading the Broadcom driver. It was the blue display of death. Is there anyway that I can find Mac Drivers for a MBP from a 10.5.2 disk and extract them without actually having the right install disk which is back at my home in Los Angeles? I really need help! Thanks and sorry for the long post.

You could use Disk Utility to "Restore" the installation DVD to a USB Flash Drive. Boot from it to do the work. Your optical drive could be having "issues", or the DVD could be hard to read for some reason. You should be able to hold down the Option key during boot to choose to boot from the flash drive.
If you can't do the work from your Mac because of a hardware problem then you could try a different machine to make the flash drive.
If a different machine can't make the flash drive, then the media is bad.

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Welcome to the Apple Discussions.
Just an idea for you. There is an entire Apple Discussion forum dedicated to Boot Camp and Windows XP.
Whereas, not everyone here with an Intel iMac has installed, tried to install or has experience with BC & XP, everyone there has or at least has an interest. You may attract help more quickly there.
The Forum is at the bottom of the main Apple Discussions page under Windows Compatible Technology.
Here is a link;
Forum: Boot Camp Public Beta

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You either download drivers from within Boot Camp Assistant and save to USB FAT disk, or you insert and use 10.6.x OS X DVD when in Windows and install and run the SETUP from there.
General Help:
Boot Camp 4.0, OS X Lion: Frequently asked question
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4818
http://manuals.info.apple.com/en_US/boot_camp_install-setup_10.7.pdf
create a Windows support software (drivers) CD or USB storage media
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4407
Installation Guide Instructions for all features and settings.
Boot Camp 4.0 FAQ Get answers to commonly asked Boot Camp questions.
Windows 7 FAQ Answers to commonly asked Windows 7 questions.
- support articles and tips, how to.
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/
Macs that work with 64-bit editions of Microsoft Windows Vista and Windows 7
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1846
Step 4: Install the Boot Camp Drivers for Windows
After installing Windows, install Mac-specific drivers and other software for Windows using your Mac OS X installation disc. The Mac OS X disc installs drivers to support Mac components, including AirPort,built-in iSight camera, the Apple Remote, the trackpad on a portable Mac, and thefunction keys on an Apple keyboard.
The Mac OS X disc also installs the Boot Camp control panel for Windows and theApple Boot Camp system tray item.
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1 Eject the Windows installation disc.
2 Insert the Mac OS X disc. If the installer doesn’t start automatically, browse the disc using Windows Explorerand double-click the setup.exe file in the Boot Camp directory.
3 Follow the onscreen instructions.
If a message appears that says the software you’re installing has not passed Windows Logo testing, click Continue Anyway.
Windows that appear only briefly during the installation don’t require your input.
If nothing appears to be happening, there may be a hidden window that you mustrespond to. Check the taskbar and look behind open windows.
Important: Do not click the Cancel button in any of the installer dialogs.
4 After your computer restarts, follow the instructions in the Found New Hardware Wizard to update your software drivers (Windows XP only).
5 Follow the instructions for any other wizards that appear.
6 Check for updated Boot Camp drivers by using Apple Software Update or going to www.apple.com/support/bootcamp.
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If it appears that the Boot Camp drivers weren’t successfully installed, try repairing them.
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1 Start up your computer in Windows.
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4 Click Repair and follow the onscreen instructions.
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Okay, so I recently installed an older version of Windows XP onto my MacBook through Boot Camp. Windows runs fine, but none of the mac drivers are installed. I tried using the Mac OS discs, but they come up with the "windows installer installation wrapper" and a thing saying "the required resource UPDATE is missing."
So I realize this is basically the same situation as shown here: http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1497292&tstart=312
But buying a new version of XP is really not an option for me. Which leaves option 3. Now I looked through the link given that talks about Slipstreaming, but I am confused. Can someone possibly walk me through what slipstreaming is, and how I do it? The main problem I see with this is that I can't connect to the internet with Windows, so I can't download some of the things needed.
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Kirkdan:
I really would like to help you and get your issue resolved in your dark hour as you said. I am afraid that I do not have good news for you. This is because the limitation put on by this entire process of installing Windows via boot camp.
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I have noted a link to the latest version for Windows XP.
http://support.apple.com/downloads/BootCamp___Windows_XP_Drivers_Update_21
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Hi all,
I am new to Apple and have a brand new 27 inch iMac. I am trying to install Windows 7 on it, and after much much slow progress, I thought I was almost there.
I followed the instructions carefully, and have gotten to the stage where I have a bootable version installed on the iMac, I have - 2 actually - downloaded DVDs with bootcamp and the Mac supported software, but when I follow the instruction that says double click on setup.exe to install the drivers, all I get is an error notice that says "this program cannot be run undos mode". I am further confused by whether I should be attempting to run this program under win 7 or Mac, but since I can't do anything under win 7', the screen does not respond, I am at a loss.
Help much appreciated.
R

Got it!
Just needed to use a standard keyboard and mouse, and not the Apple Bluetooth ones.
Turned on iMac, held alt key down to turn on windows 7, and new keyboard worked, and let me navigate into disk drive via windows, click on install, and here I am watching it doing just that!
R

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So the DVD you inserted is the iMac install Disc 1? When I type in the "/Volumes/Mac OS X Install DVD/System/Installation/Packages/" nothing happens.... I see you are using an earlier OS 10.4.
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Doug

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can some help me out? and i dont have the restore disk for the drivers? will it still work? and 32 bit or 64 bit?

Then you have 32bit system. If there is 64bit, its explicitly written in name of OS. Or try msinfo32 from command line, it open information window about OS and there are all important info.
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Ok, so I searched the forums for quite some time on this, but couldn't really find the information I was looking for. Really, I just want to share my experience of installing Windows XP 64bit on a second internal disk, operating with leopard 10.5.2 on an dual quad core Intel box:
The directions for boot camp are specific to installing windows on a partition from your OS X drive and can be a bit confusing for people wanting to install on a secondary internal disk. When you first run boot camp, you are presented with 2 options, create or remove a windows partition or start the windows installer. If you have a partition already formatted for windows, use the second option. In my case, I wanted to create an entirely new windows partition.
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Here's where I was confused. After loading some drivers, you are then presented with the option to format disks... If you were making a second partition on a pre-installed OS X disk, Boot Camp cleverly makes a title on that partition, telling you which is the correct disk to format <BOOTCAMP>. In my case, I was presented with three options. Disk 1 (J:), which had 300 gb, and disk two, which had two partitions in it already, one at 200mb (D:) and one at 280gb (C:).
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However, after I reinstalled my OS X drive and tried the XP install again, I found there were clues as to which drive to format. Apparently, windows likes to be installed on drive C:. My background is with Mac, so I didn't catch that hint the first time around. Also, if I paid careful attention to the sizes of my drives, instead of guestimating they were both the same (the mac is just a bit larger than the second internal), I could have solved the puzzle long before I began banging my head on the desk.
Formating the drive is straight forward, but takes about 2 hours to do. Windows goes through it's setup, and before you know it, you have a quasi-functioning windows system on your mac. The final step is to reboot, hold down option, click the windows HD, have your OS X install disc 1 in the drive, then install the rest of the mac-windows driver (automatically does this for you).
Boom. You're done.
P.S. I was told by a apple rep that boot camp does not work with a 64 bit install of XP. It worked for me... eventually!
Hope this helped

I understand that you were able to load windows on another internal disk beside the one where OSX resides. In my case I have two drives that are stripped (software raid). Will I be able use bootcamp with windows installed on a third internal disk dedicated to windows?
Thanks...Chris

In which boot camp support software I can install the drivers for win 7 32 bit.my os is X10.8.5 and I install windows 7 32 bit but I can not install drivers

in which boot camp support software I can install the drivers for win 7 32 bit.
my os is X10.8.5 and I install windows 7 32 bit but I can not install drivers.
also my macbook pro model is MC723.

Read this. You need to be running Snow Leopard or later.
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3986

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i'v got the latest macbook pro 13" and it dose not come with the lion os disk so how do i get the boot camp drivers for windows 7 without an os disk

Page 5, step 2, #2, 2nd bullet.
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NO.... he has a workstation, and not MBP, nor are "drivers already loaded."
How I would proceed -
Install Windows on its own drive.
Pull all the other drives.
Boot from Windows 7 Pro DVD
Forget Boot Camp Assistant, it doesn't do anything - unless you really want to install Windows on the SAME drive as Mac OS - not ideal and not what most of Mac Pro owners do.
Just insert your OS X DVD once Windows is up to date - helps to buy the SP1 OEM version $129.
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No you don't need to go back and use that ATI. And you dont' want to be in the situation of changing from ATI to Nvidia and all the hassle that adds. you are fine.
The Mac Pro is as close as anything to a standard Wintel workstation.
Add MS Security Essentials or KIS or whatever you favor. KIS2011 or NIS2011 are good, MSSE 2.0 is free and based on their enterprise product.
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