Windows XP Sp2 Installation

This must not be a new glitch, up to my 7th reinstall (with a different disk each time), tryed a new key, all of them legit, still nothing.

BUT.

I managed to get sp2 to install once (no leopard drivers without sp2 btw) by making the uninstall location illicit (deleting it while it was installing) but alas, blue screen of death at the next boot.

Apple, if you are hearing this, please help us. This is starting to get on my nerves. I can do nothing with the doze until this is fixed.

Help?

-Harold
I have been using macs for years, and nothing like this has come up, i blame windows.

EDIT: It seems to be only with santa rosa? Surely this is a new glitch.

Message was edited by: Spongytheporus

Message was edited by: Spongytheporus

OK, i got it. The 'good way' is as follows. THis is for if you do not have a XP SP2 Disk.

Make a tiny xp partiiton, say 5gb, install xp to this partition, when it asks you for what partition, say to format the bootcamp one as 'ntfs quick". Now, slipstream your install disk (htere are heaps of tutorials out there) re-burn your disk, boot install and enjoy!

-Harold

Haha, that freaked me put, i forgot i signed it with my real name.

Well, that puts a spin on it ey, after posting the above, i attempted it boot, and i get the same error that you got.

Looks like i am back to square one again. I guess checking before posting would have ben a good idea.

-Harold

ED: I hope this is brought to the attention of apple, this is stupid that we have to fix it ourselves.

*calls on apple god*

Well we can hardy call a lawsuit can we, i guess we have to sit tight and hope for the best.

Has anyone tried vista on a leopard mbp yet? I wonder if it has the same issues (if not more).

A thought, how come it installs in vmware fusion, but not nativly.

Well, i just slipstreamed a new version of the xp cd, with some changes, and it boots fine, lets see how it runs though..

I will post back with results (or not xD)

Well, it works fine now (i am posting from it to be exact).

I slipstreamed my own oem copy of windows with the sp2 install, then burned it onto a cd.

If you need to know how i did it, just post here or email me.

For some reason, it worked fine, no idea why though.

-Harold

Well, what slipstreaming is, is changing your normal xp cd (eg, WXPOEM_EN, or other) into a bootable windows xp sp2 cd. This requires windows to be be done, got around it by installing windows into vmwre (you could just do a normal install into bootcamp i guess) and then burning it too a cd.
If you need some instructions, i will post here.

Otherwise google for it, what flavor od xp cd do you have now?