Bootcamp 3.0.4 on Snow Leopard won't give me the option to install Windows XP

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Bootcamp 3.0.4 on Snow Leopard won't give me the option to install Windows XP

Created a partition to install Windows using bootcamp assistant 3.0.4 on Mac Pro running Snow Leopard, however the only option it can give me is for Windows 7 and above, and it refuses to recognise my Windows XP disc.

How do I download previous versions of Bootcamp that do support Windows XP? Or how do I work around this to install Windows XP myself? Step by step help please, as I am a novice.

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.8), BOOTCAMP

Posted on Feb 20, 2014 6:24 AM

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Feb 20, 2014 8:10 AM in response to aalboi

There is no support software download for XP. Here are the system requirements from http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5634 for your Mack Pro.

Mac model	Windows 8, 64-bit	Windows 7, 64-bit	Windows 7, 32-bit	Windows Vista, 64-bit	Windows Vista, 32-bit	Windows XP, 32-bit
Mac Pro (Late 2013)	5	-	-	-	-	-
Mac Pro (Mid 2010)	5	5	4	DVD	DVD	DVD
Mac Pro (Early 2009)	5	5	4	DVD	DVD	DVD
Mac Pro (Early 2008)	-	4	4	DVD	DVD	DVD
Mac Pro (Early 2007)	-	-	-	-	DVD	-
Mac Pro (Mid 2006)	-	-	-	-	DVD	-

The only XP support software is located on the Snow Leopard install DVD.

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