Windows XP SP3 + Boot Camp 2.0/2.1

Hi knp59,

The Bootcamp 2.0 drivers are indeed only avaiable on the Leopard OSX DVD.
No 'official' place to download them.

The Leopard DVD that came with your iMac should let you install the 2.0 drivers on your MBP too.

Apple says that before installing the SP3 you have to install the 2.1 drivers.
If you look around the posts here, you see that some had success with installing the SP3 before the 2.1 drivers and some hadn't.

Personally I don't have the urge to either install the SP3 or the 2.1 drivers, since my XP SP2 runs flawlessly.

With major changes like these it is always a good idea to either make a backup of your BootCamp Windows using WinClone for example, or to make at least a 'System Restore Point' prior to any upgrade.

Regards

Stefan

Hi again...,

while in BootCamp Windows simply insert the Leopard DVD and the driver installation usually starts automatically.
After the Driver installation from the DVD has finished, reboot into Windows.

Stefan

Hi,

that should not happen...

Do you have a BootCamp Windows on your iMac too ?
What happens when you insert the DVD while in BootCamp Windows on your iMac ?

Or could you have access to a Windows PC and try the DVD there ?

If you have any success wih one of the above and an USB-Memory Stick nearby, you could copy the content of the DVD (all files and folders) onto the USB-Stick, go back to your MBP, then copy the content of the Stick into a Folder onto the MBP harddisk and start the installation from there.

Stefan

You start by running BootCamp Assistant in
/Applications/Utilities

It will need to find xx-GBs of free unfragmented space. If it can't find a single chunk, it will fail and you will need to backup, reformat, and restore from TimeMachine or another backup - so you need to have an external drive handy and OS X backed up.

BC Assist. will ask you to insert your Windows XP disc and install just like any normal OS install process.

After Windows XP SP3 is installed, updated through a couple restarts usually, THEN you insert your OS X DVD and there is a hidden partition just for BootCamp where there is Apple Setup.exe that installs drivers, services, and control panels. BootCamp OS Switcher, Apple Software Update, support for keyboard and mouse etc.

One of the first updates will be Apple Software Update control panel that improves on downloading future updates.

If you already downloaded BootCamp 2.1 update package, you can copy it over while in OS X or put it on a USB memory card etc.

Print out or read the BootCamp manual pdf.
http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/

I didn't see the 1.3 beta mentioned, sorry.
Have you tried uninstalling 1.3?
Uninstall Programs control panel.

Also, a Safe Boot is sometimes the best or only way to uninstall some drivers.

As for BC Beta, and upgrade from Tiger to Leopard, some people lost their Windows partition and didn't use WinClone to make a backup, but seemed like Leopard changed the partition tables.

2.0.1 drivers aren't really updates like 2.1 is. BC 2.1 requires 2.0.x to be present.

I can't recally problems though back last fall when Leopard came out of people having trouble going from 1.4 beta to Leopard and 2.0.

Hi,

Thanks Fortuny, you seem to be the only person helping me out here!

As you can see, not true 😉 (hi, The Hatter)

However, I could not find any Boot Camp 2.0 drivers nor did the update begin automatically. I don't know how to proceed from here.

When the DVD is in, open the Windows Explorer and do a right-click on the DVD-Drive, choose 'Properties' ; what information do you get or is the disc shown as blank ?
Also, do you by any chance have MacDrive installed in your BootCamp Windows ?
If so, the it prevents Windows from seeing the Windows Portion of the DVD.
See here http://assist.mediafour.com/index.php?a=knowledgebase&_j=questiondetails&i=55 how to solve this.

Regards

Stefan

I never would have guessed MacDrive could interfere in that manner but it does make some sense... mine is still on the shelf, only recently added x64.

Maybe we'll be out of the woods and be able to call this stuff "final candidate" any day now! 🙂

HI knp59,

Great News.

Glad to hear that we could be of help.

You're welcome anytime and thanks for reporting back.

Have Fun

Stefan