Installing Microsoft XP on Core 2 Duo

Gentlemen, I have attempted to install Windows on the Mac, without success so far. I downloaded Boot Camp from Apple and followed the installation instructions, including the burning of a disk of Mac drivers.
I then loaded the Windows XP Pro disk with service pack 1 and 2. On loading, the Mac went to a black screen, with a flashing cursor, and nothing I did could either re-start the Mac, or eject the disk. Eventually, through assistance from the Discussion Boards, I was able to restart the Mac and eject the disk.
I note from the BootCamp and other sites the XP disk must be XP with the service pack 2, intergrated into the XP data. I think this may be called 'slipstreaming'. This may be where I went wrong. the Mac drive did not like it at all. It does not say anything about service pack 1. Not too sure of the exact history of the XP disk anyway.
So my question is......how does one source an XP disk with Service Pack 2 intergrated within it? Do I take it that Microsoft sell XP now with the Service Pack slipstreamed in. I looked at Paul Thurrotts site re intergrating the two, ie XP and Service Pack 2, but it is way to complex for me to bother with.
iMac 20" Intel Core 2 Duo   Mac OS X (10.4.7)   iSight-three way

Hello,
You will need to follow those complex directions to get the Windows XP disk you have now and the Service Pack 2 update merged together. I'm sorry to have to tell you that. But, that's the way it is.
Boot Camp will only work with a Complete Windows XP Service Pack 2 installation disk.
If you really don't want to mess with the process of getting your Windows XP installer modified to include Service Pack 2, then your only option will be buying the new Windows XP retail package which will contain Service Pack 2 already.
I'm sorry to have to give you the bad news. But, that's the unfortunate truth of the situation.
Now, if you don't want to use Boot Camp, you might try Parallels (which runs inside the OS X environment). That may permit you to install your current Windows XP and upgrade to Service Pack 2. But, that will perform slightly slower than booting directly into Windows would (since you'd be sharing your system between two simultaneously running operating systems).
http://www.parallels.com/en/products/workstation/mac/
I hope this helps.
Let us know if you have other questions.
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