Mac OS X and Windows XP operating system coexist on different partitions of the same disk on the MacBook. Before the release of Boot Camp software, all fans who like Apple and also take care of the Windows platform Dream, April 5, 2006, Apple introduced the public version of the test software running Windows operating system on the Intel processor-based Mac computer — — Boot Camp, and in the near future, Apple will integrate the functionality of Boot Camp In the next major release of Mac OS X, Leopard, this will be the first time Apple Computer has shaken a Mac system with a Windows system.
Boot Camp is a public beta version of Apple's Intel XP-based Mac running Windows XP operating system launched by Apple Computer on April 5, 2006. It allows users to install Windows XP on an Intel processor-based Mac using the Microsoft Windows XP installation disk. After the installation is complete, users can restart their computers and choose to run Mac OS X or Windows XP. The Boot Camp feature is expected to be integrated into the next major release of Mac OS X, Leopard.
Requirements
Boot Camp requires an Intel processor-based Mac computer with a USB keyboard and mouse or built-in keyboard and scroll trackpad; Mac OS X version 10.4.6 or higher; latest firmware update; At least 10GB of free space on the disk; a blank CD or DVD that can be recorded; Windows XP Home Edition or Professional Edition single-disc version with Service Pack 2 or higher.
Get the official website of Mac OS X: http://www.apple.com/macosx/bootcamp/
Get the Boot Camp 1.4 Bate and detailed installation tutorial from the above URL.
Starting the installation (Windows XP sp2)
Download the Boot Camp software on the official website, which can partition some hard disk space to install WinXP without affecting Mac OS, and create the driver CD required for Windows installation. .
Note:
The official AppleCare warranty does not support the failures after installing Boot Camp, and does not answer the installation problems. This is the most necessary mental preparation. However, Boot Camp is the official release software, although it is "beta", it can be taken with peace of mind. Using Boot Camp to install the Windows operating system will not cause unrecoverable effects on the currently used Mac OS.
Impact:
1. A waste of hard disk space - software for WinXP installation and use in xp environment.
2. There will be two operating systems in the computer -- you can use it at boot time (press and hold the Option key when booting, you can enter the selection interface).
3. Can't tell the difference between MacBook and NoteBook –- Just look more atmospheric than ordinary Notebook.
Installation process:
1. Download and install Boot Camp software
2. Use Boot Camp to burn the drive CD and split the hard disk
3. Put it in the WinXP installation CD and reboot
4. Install Windows XP
5. Install the driver
6. Complete the installation.
Starting the installation:
Step 1. Install Boot Camp (in Mac OS X)
1. Go to the official download page and download "Boot_Camp_Assistant-Installer_Beta.dmg" from your Mac. 83MB )
2. Double-click the .dmg file you just downloaded, unpack and execute the BootCampAssistant.pkg installation file inside.
3. Open the Finder, go to the "Applications -> Tools" program to find the Boot Camp Assistant program, click to execute it.
4. According to the installation wizard, click Next to split this location of the Windows partition.
Hard disk partition description: Boot_Camp default Windows partition is 5G, you can adjust the partition size, partitions larger than 32G can not use FAT partition format, if you need to use FAT format WINDOWS partition, you can only limit the partition size to 32G.
5. After the partition is completed, the driver needs to be burned.
Drive Burning Instructions: The Boot_Camp Wizard will automatically create a driver package on the Windows system based on the current MacBook hardware configuration. This process requires a blank disc to burn it down. The size is about 380MB. The CD can be accommodated.
For the sake of convenience, here is the temporary name of the CD: MacBook For Windows Drivers
Step 2. Install the Windows series operating system (the last step of the Boot Camp installation wizard)
1. After the burning is completed, Windows XP/Vista can be installed. The Windows version here has restrictions. The details are as follows:
a. CD information: The operating system CD that can be recognized must contain startup information, otherwise the Boot Camp installation wizard will not be able to. Correctly identify the disc.
b. Operating system version: The version of the operating system that can be installed includes: Windows XP Home Edition/Windows XP SP2 Professional /Windows Vista Home Premium/Windows Vista Home Basic/Windows Vista EnterPrise
The reason for adopting these The version of the operating system is limited by the driver CD created by Boot Camp. Other operating systems can be installed and the corresponding hardware drivers cannot be obtained.
C. CD content requirements: If you use the CD-ROM with the DOS environment and the tool's boot menu, you can't use it. The reason is: MacBook for virtual DOS environment, can't load the following file correctly: Himem.sys/Command. Exe/smartdrv.exe/config.sys
, for the above reasons, the MacBook keyboard can not be used in the DOS environment.
So, once you choose to boot to DOS, the rest of the operation can only be a forced power outage.
2. Preparing to install Windows operating system
(The following operations are all based on installing Windows XP sp2 Professional)
Note: The optical drive used by MacBook is inhaled, so the operating system has not been installed yet. Before, it was not possible to opt out of the CD. Therefore, you must first prepare the Windows XP installation CD. Once you find the CD error and want to re-install a disk for installation, this is not possible. Practice has proved: Install the operating system that is being installed, and then use the CD-ROM exit command under Windows to eject the CD; or, power off, and then hold down Option and the left mouse button during the boot process to force the CD to pop up.
3. Put the correct installation CD and start installing Windows
a. Since the MacBook does not load SmartDrv.exe correctly when starting the Windows installer, the entire installation process will last for about 40-60 minutes.
b. During the installation process, for the choice of the installation disk, here to note, to choose C:, and pay attention to the size of the disk, whether it is the same size as the disk allocated in the Boot Camp wizard.
c. If the allocated disk space is larger than 32GB, during the installation process, you can only select NTFS for the disk formatting process. If FAT32 is selected, the installer cannot continue and the MacBook will be in a crash state.
Step 3: Enter the Windows operating system and install the MacBook driver.
Go to Windows, put in the "MacBook For Windows Drivers"
CD, perform the driver installation.
The entire installation process is fully automated and requires no human intervention. Before starting the installation, you need to remove the external USB mouse in order to correctly identify the MacBook's keyboard.
After the driver installation is completed, the application software is installed in order, and the entire Windows XP sp2 installation is completed.
System selection:
In the process of starting MacBook, hold down the Option key to enter the interface of Mac OS X and Windows.