The recommended amount is over 20GB, however, enough to still leave some free space for Mac OS X (ideally 10-20% of total disk space on a Mac partition) and 20GB for the Windows partition. Have at least 10 GB of free disk space available.Get a Windows install disk or a Windows ISO from Microsoft’s online store.It no longer supports Windows XP and Windows Vista, but can be used to install Windows 7.īefore starting be sure to meet the following conditions: Install Windows without Erasing Mac OS XĪpple has provided an official and built-in method of setting up Windows on a Mac while still keeping Mac OS X called Boot Camp. This means that Macs can run Windows natively just as all PCs can and Apple actually touts this fact as one of its upsides. The only differences are in the ways Apple integrates these components and how they design the machine as a whole. For me, when I switched from the SP1 to SP2 version of Windows, the entire installation of Boot Camp went off without a hitch.Īnd then I got that partition to work as a Parallels workspace too, but that’s another posting.Modern Macs use the same underlying system architecture as Windows PCs. (yes, it’s incredibly difficult to read the part numbers on the holographic Microsoft CDs!)Ĭheck that on your own install disk and make sure that you have a service pack 2 version of Windows XP. The SP2 version says “Includes Service Pack 2” and has the part X10-52217. An SP1 version says “Version 2002” and is listed as part X08-26167. When I tried to install WinXP “SP2”, it worked perfectly! Oh, and in case it’s not obvious, you need a “full” Windows installation package, not an upgrade.įortunately, you can tell by looking at the WinXP disk itself. When I tried to install WinXP “SP1”, it failed. I solved it by borrowing a couple of different Windows XP installation disks and finding that it’s only the latest version of WinXP that includes the drivers necessary. I plugged in a standard PC USB keyboard, though, and found exactly the same problem. Hmm… so the problem, I figured, was that the USB keyboard built-in to the MacBook Pro was an unrecognized device by Windows. At a certain point during the installation process, you see “loading (keyboard drivers)” but it still was nonfunctional. What I noticed when I was going through the Windows XP install process was that once Windows took control of the computer, the keyboard was completely dead: even the “caps lock” key didn’t light up when pressed. Digging through various message boards and Apple discussion forums, it appears that this is a common problem with people installing Boot Camp on their MacBooks and while the most common proposed solution is to simply unplug any and all external USB devices, especially the “mighty mouse” Apple mouse, I found that when I encountered this same problem that didn’t help because I didn’t have anything plugged in!
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