Macbook Pro won't read Windows XP disc

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Macbook Pro won't read Windows XP disc

My Macbook pro won't read either my 32bit or 64bit windows xp discs for installation on bootcamp. The disc spins, makes a strange noise then ejects. It seems like this is a common problem. I have previously installed windows via bootcamp before and it worked fine. Normal cd's are read fine as well, just the windows discs won't read.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

MacBook Pro

Posted on Aug 30, 2010 9:40 PM

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Answer 1

Fortuny

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Aug 31, 2010 4:29 AM in response to MoRacca

Hi,

first: put your XP 64-bit CD as far away from your Mac as you can. Apples BootCamp does not support it 😉

Second: I assume corectly that these are Retail or SystemBuilder XP discs, not some Recovery CDs or manufacturere-branded ones, right ?

Third: insert the 32-bit XP CD while in OSX and check with the Finder if it can be read there (checking for the 'usual' folders on it: i386, Support, etc and files: winip51.sp2 etc.).

Fourth: some people round here have successfully used a 'standard' DVD/CD-cleaner disc with their Macs.

Fifth: try making a 1:1-copy of your XP disc. You can use SimplyBurns in OSX for this.

Regards

Stefan

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MoRacca Author

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Aug 31, 2010 8:28 AM in response to Fortuny

Thanks for the reply I will try all of these and get back to this thread.

Yes I'm using the retail version of windows, the only reason I even used the 64bit was to see if osx would read it.

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