Installing with a Leopard download not DVD

I have two questions / problems:
1. I used Boot Camp Assistant to create the 32Gb partition and then ran the Windows Home Edition (version 2002) install CD. It did not give me the option of choosing FAT or NTFS and formatted the Windows partition as NTFS. How do I get it to format it as FAT?
2. Having successfully installed Windows XP Home Edition, how do I install the Boot Camp drivers? I only have Tiger install CDs and downloaded Leopard from Apple's web site so I don't have the install DVD for it.
Thanks!!

1. Your XP must be at SP2, once Windows is installed on NTFS there is no way to go back to FAT32 without reinstalling.
2. This is the first I've heard of a Leopard install by download. You must have a Leopard disc to get the drivers.

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208.67.222.222
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click Apply Now and quit System Preferences.
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1. Go to Home/Library/Cookies and delete the Cookies.plist file.
2. Go to Home/Library/Caches/com.apple.Safari and delete the contents of that folder.
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4. If you don't want to use the Top Sites feature, open Terminal and paste in this command:
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then press Enter and quit Terminal when you see the command prompt again.
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Hi Jack.........ok ive managed to create a link to that video on how to install bootcamp.....this is the tutorial i used and i managed to gain 100% completion on bootcamp 1st time no messing......like i said in my previous reply did you save the windows support files from apple....(Critical).....ok no point in messing about i suggest you start again from scratch........these are the things i used and YOU will need to complete bootcamp
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