Windows split hard drive

Bought a Mac Book; had the hard drive split so I could use Windows as well; bought XP with it - now how do I use the windows partition? Do I have to install XP? How do I access the Windows programs? Do I need to use Parallels Desktop 3.0 for the Mac?

So many questions in such a small space! You can run Windows on an Intel Mac two different ways. Apple provides us with BootCamp technology which lets the Mac act like it is a generic PC computer with BIOS so we can install Windows on it. The upside of BootCamp is that it runs Windows at real speed. The downside is that to use WIndows you have to quit the Mac OS, and then restart the computer in Windows. You said: +had the hard drive split so I could use Windows+ so it sounds like the process of using BootCamp was started already. Look in the Utilities folder (at the bottom of the Applications folder on your Mac) for a program called BootCamp. Run it, and when prompted for it, print the instructions. Then follow them.
The second way to run Windows is in virtualization (using either Parallels Desktop or VMWare Fusion). The advantage of this method is that you don't have to quit the Mac OS - you can run both Windows and Mac software side by side. The disadvantage is that Windows runs a bit slower than if you ran it in BootCamp. For virtualization you will have to buy one of the two programs (or look for a freeware solution). Both Parallels and VMWare can use the BootCamp drive so using both BootCamp and virtualization is possible giving you the best of both worlds.
In answer to your last question-yes, you'll have to install Windows. Again, follow the instructions with BootCamp and you should be up and running Windows in about an hour.

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