Quote: Originally Posted by Maflynn XP Pro (non upgrade) is 299 XP Home is 199. OEM Windows is cheaper. You may need to purchase an inexpensive hardware item (like a $1.00…

I have changed the icon for my Mac partition to a tiger install disc, and renamed it 'Mac OS X HD', and I have renamed my windows partition 'Windows HD' and changed the icon to a w…

The graphics in the boot screen is in the firmware - it has nothing to do with the icons in Mac OS X.

anyone know if bootcamp can be used to boot Windows off of an external FireWire or USB drive? or does the Windows startup volume have to be on an internal disk? What if you have s…

From what I read in the Boot Camp documentation, Windows has to be on an internal disk. I'm not sure how it works if you have more than one internal disk.

i bet we see external support by final release.

Quote: Originally Posted by OmniX What if you have say a G5 with >1 internal drives? Boot Camp will ONLY install on an Intel Mac...

Quote: Originally Posted by harrisjamieh Boot Camp will ONLY install on an Intel Mac... thanks -- very good point, no currently shipping intel macs can have >1 internal …

Please let us know if it does become possible to boot Windows from an external drive. That development would clear up a lot of problems for my personal configuration. Thanks.

Windows takes over all USB devices as it boots-that means that special precautions have to be taken to make sure that any USB bootable drive gets properly transfered to being under…

Firewire?

Firewire? Not likely either. And I don't think MS supports booting from firewire at all.

Sure, but you have to keep a 5 gig NTFS partition on the internal drive: http://forum.onmac.net/showthread.php?t=1015

That 5GB partition holds the boot code, so you're not really "booting" from the external drive, you're just putting some of Windows on it. It's not at all a subtle difference; boo…

Quote: Originally Posted by ghporter That 5GB partition holds the boot code, so you're not really "booting" from the external drive, you're just putting some of Windows on it. …

As the link in the article you linked to says, Microsoft doesn't think XP can boot from a USB device. Part of the reason for this is that Windows takes over USB management from th…

I am trying bto install bootcamp (on a intel imac 20) but am experiencing a problem. Bootcamp assitent gives a message that the firmware needs to be updated. Both software and fir…

I am trying bto install bootcamp (on a intel imac 20) but am experiencing a problem. Bootcamp assitent gives a message that the firmware needs to be updated. Both software and fir…

Anyone have one that they no longer use? I've finally lost mine in the dozen or so moves over the last few years. I have the disc, just not the key. I really don't want to buy t…

Sorry dude, can't ask questions like this on this here forum.

I have tried everything I know about, so maybe someone can educate me. My son't 20GB Photo iPod is stuck; the screen is displaying a song that's almost over, but there's no audio.…

Use a screwdriver and a vice - see if there's a bug inside by opening the sucker up. No, please dont. I have no advice to give than for you to get a to a computer, and see if it s…

This happened to my friends Nano. I tried the same things that you did. Unfortunately I don't think he was able to do anything without his computer.

Can you run it all the way down, and then connect it to charger? Menu Select and then Select and << should take you to diagnostics.

My 5G video does that too often. I just toggle the hold button on and off then press and hold the menu and select buttons at the same time for about 5 seconds and it works every ti…