Installing Windows XP to a Mid 2010 15" MBP. Worst nightmare ever. Help!!
Alright.
I've read through about 300 posts in this forum and I can't find anything that is simple, easy to read, and works.
Here's the deal. I have a 15" MacBook Pro that I got mid 2010 brand new. I have a Windows XP Service Pack 2 disc. I have a Snow Leopard install disc.
I run boot camp assistant, gave myself a hefty 50 gigs of space for my XP partition, install XP. Once XP finishes installing, I install the Boot Camp program and drivers from the SL disc.
All should be peachy, right? That is pretty much all the help I've gathered from reading through posts here.
Now, in Device Manager, pretty much everything important has a yellow exclamation point next to it: Ethernet Controller, Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus (x4), Bluetooth USB Host Controller, Network Controller, PCI Data Acquisition and Signal Processing Controller, SM Bus Controller, Video Controller (VGA Compatible)
I tried repairing the drivers using the SL disc. Nope. No worky.
The irony of XP asking me to connect to the internet to properly install network drivers is not lost on me.
I tried downloading updates from Apple support, Bootcamp Update, Bootcamp new versions, etc. Every time I run them I get an error that says "Program too big to fit in memory." And every time my urge to throw my laptop through a window increases.
Believe me, I wouldn't be installing anything Microsoft related if it wasn't necessary for work, but it is a must in the situation I am in now. For all I care, once I finish with this project I will burn my XP disc like Hendrix did with his guitar.
Please, please, please...if you have a succinct explanation of how to at least get this piece of crap OS on the internet, help me. I beg of you. Thank you.
I've read through about 300 posts in this forum and I can't find anything that is simple, easy to read, and works.
Here's the deal. I have a 15" MacBook Pro that I got mid 2010 brand new. I have a Windows XP Service Pack 2 disc. I have a Snow Leopard install disc.
I run boot camp assistant, gave myself a hefty 50 gigs of space for my XP partition, install XP. Once XP finishes installing, I install the Boot Camp program and drivers from the SL disc.
All should be peachy, right? That is pretty much all the help I've gathered from reading through posts here.
Now, in Device Manager, pretty much everything important has a yellow exclamation point next to it: Ethernet Controller, Audio Device on High Definition Audio Bus (x4), Bluetooth USB Host Controller, Network Controller, PCI Data Acquisition and Signal Processing Controller, SM Bus Controller, Video Controller (VGA Compatible)
I tried repairing the drivers using the SL disc. Nope. No worky.
The irony of XP asking me to connect to the internet to properly install network drivers is not lost on me.
I tried downloading updates from Apple support, Bootcamp Update, Bootcamp new versions, etc. Every time I run them I get an error that says "Program too big to fit in memory." And every time my urge to throw my laptop through a window increases.
Believe me, I wouldn't be installing anything Microsoft related if it wasn't necessary for work, but it is a must in the situation I am in now. For all I care, once I finish with this project I will burn my XP disc like Hendrix did with his guitar.
Please, please, please...if you have a succinct explanation of how to at least get this piece of crap OS on the internet, help me. I beg of you. Thank you.
MacBook Pro 15" (Mid 2010), Windows XP, I hate Microsoft.
