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    Bootcamp autoboots to XP?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by system_159, Apr 23, 2007.

  1. system_159

    system_159 Notebook Deity

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    Hi all. I just received my MBP today. I spent several hours installing all my software, and finally got around to installing XP via BootCamp.

    The install went great. I set up a 25GB partition, and installed XP on it. Windows boots up and runs fine(haven't really tested it out a whole lot yet).

    My problem is that I can't get back to OS X now, when I restart it goes directly to XP. Do I have to do something at start up or what?
     
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    jdebuhr Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hold the Option key when it starts to boot and it will give you the option.

    ou can also change the active partition in Xp and OS X. I am not sure were in XP the setting is. My MBP is Dual boot with Vista
     
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    SauronMOS Notebook Evangelist

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    This is why you print and read the instructions before setting up Windows on your Mac ;)

    As stated above, hold the option key at at boot. Pick OS X. In OS X or XP you can go to System Preferences (or Control Panel in XP) and click Startup Disk there. Pick OS X as your default and when you want to boot to XP just restart the system and hold the option key down.
     
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    But my printer is 2 hours away... :p

    Thanks for the quick response guys. I've got OS X back, and even after that little bit of being on XP again it's so much better.
     
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