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    Can't boot straight to XP from OSX... options?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by kentl901, Apr 30, 2009.

  1. kentl901

    kentl901 Notebook Consultant

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    Hey all,

    I've actually had trouble with this for some time now, but I can no longer ignore it, so I"m hoping for some help.

    When I first installed Windows on my Macbook, I did it via Bootcamp.

    After successfully installing, I installed Vmware.

    Since then, everything has worked flawlessly. However, one thing that disppeared is the Boot Camp setting within System Preferences. Prior to installing VMware, I remember having the option to select my default boot partition as well as the option to boot into Windows. Now that that has disappeared, the only way to reboot into Windows is to manually restart and hold the Option button and manually selecting the partition of interest.

    Rather than starting fresh, is there any fix for this?
     
    kentl901, Apr 30, 2009
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  2. Seshan

    Seshan Rawrrr!

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    In system prefs go to the system row and click startup disk. Is that what you want?
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    Seshan, Apr 30, 2009
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    steve p Notebook Evangelist

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    You can also choose you default partition from within Windows by clicking the "BootCamp" icon on the task bar. One of the few option is to choose the partition to boot from as default.
    Good luck.
     
    steve p, Apr 30, 2009
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    Luke1708 Notebook Virtuoso NBR Reviewer

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    He said his icon disappeared in windows. Try what Seshan has told you.
     
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    kentl901 Notebook Consultant

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    Hey guys,

    My icon disappeared in OSX.

    The start up disk option (in System Preferences of OS X) does NOT show the windows partition.

    Any ideas?
     
    kentl901, Apr 30, 2009
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    kentl901 Notebook Consultant

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    BTW, I also use

    NTFS-3G and Macfuse to read the Windows partition (I formatted it to NTFS).


    Also note that the Windows partition DOES show up on the Desktop. I just find it strange that its not showing up in the Startup Disk screen.


    Thanks for the replies!
     
    kentl901, Apr 30, 2009
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