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Posted by Grinder on 04/20/07 19:11
Luis Ortega wrote:
> I have my Windows XP Pro installation disk which includes service pack 1,
> but I read that to install Windows XP on a Mac Pro you need to have a
> Windows disk that includes service pack 2.
> I read somewhere else that you can create a Windows installation disk that
> includes service pack 2 so that you can install Windows and not have to
> waste the time updating to service pack 2, but I don't remember how.
You can "slipstream" service packs into an original XP installer.
> Is this correct, and if so, would this newly created disk be accepted during
> a Windows installation on a Mac, or would the way it was put together cause
> problems?
Unfortunately, you cannot slipstream SP2 into an SP1 installer. You
need to have an installer without any service packs to do that.
> I would appreciate any advice on whether this is possible and how to do it
> and if it would be useable for a Windows XP installation on a Mac.
> Thanks a lot for any advice.
I don't really know anything about installing XP on a Mac, but given
your stated parameters, you're hosed already. If you can find an SP2
patched installer, though, your registration key should work with it
well enough.
Something else worth mentioning: If you have an OEM license for XP, like
would come with the purchase of a PC, you don't have the legal right to
install it to a different machine.
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