hotwheels 22
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Q: 2006 XP boot camp situation

i seem to have been having some really odd issues with my 2006 machine. among other things the 2006 seems no longer to be viewable on a cinema display for some odd reason - after having used a converter for many, many years - even after trying one or two other mini dp (the cinema display) to dvi converters (the 2006 mac pro). so i went out and bought a cheap used PC DVI monitor in order to view this info in this machine.


i also went ahead and got a 2012 machine which i have migrated over to. this machine has windows 7 in boot camp and windows 8 in boot camp (not sure this is working) and i expect to move to windows 10 and try and just run yosemite or el capitan and windows 10 for the near future.

 

however, i have a boot camp install of windows xp that i really want to continue to keep for legacy software reasons.

 

i tried installing xp in a boot camp on a drive on the 2012 machine but it is prompting me to register and i am not sure how to get past this.

 

i also have the old xp install on the 2006 machine but the machine seems to be acting up as i mentioned. also, i am not really excited about having two monitors and two computers and two keyboards on my desk (i /can/ deal with two computers).

 

is there anything i can try along the lines of wiring the two mac pros together so that one acts as a slave (the 2006) to the other? can i try taking the drive with xp from the 2006 machine and putting it in the 2012 machine and running xp as a native install or even as a virtual machine?

 

anyone have any creative ideas for this?

 

i am going to try and see if i can get the software that i have on the xp install put on the windows 10 install but i expect this will be a very laborious and not too fruitful effort so the idea of being able to simply boot into xp when i need to would be nice.

 

thanks for reading and thanks for any advice

Mac Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.5), 2006, w/ boot camp of Win XP + Win 7

Posted on Oct 25, 2015 9:17 PM

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  • by lllaass,Helpful

    lllaass lllaass Oct 26, 2015 7:46 AM in response to hotwheels 22
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    Oct 26, 2015 7:46 AM in response to hotwheels 22

    This does not list XP via Boot Camp as being compatible on a 2011 and later Mac Pro

    Install Windows 7 and earlier on your Mac using Boot Camp - Apple Support

     

    Yu should be able to run XP on the 2012 Mac via a virtual machini like the free VirtualBox or paid Parallels.

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    hotwheels 22 hotwheels 22 Oct 26, 2015 7:51 AM in response to lllaass
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    Oct 26, 2015 7:51 AM in response to lllaass

    hey lllaass,

    thanks.

    can you just remind me what this looks like from a step by step install?

    i /have/ a drive in the 2006 running XP boot camp.

    i also have a /new/ install in the 2012 on a hard drive but as I mentioned I am having an issue registering it even though I have a serial number.

    am I putting the HD with XP from the 2006 /into/ the 2012 and creating a NEW virtual machine that is independent of the XP boot install on this drive? if so, does it need to go on /another/ drive? can I /access/ this existing XP install using paid parallels and just use parallels to work IN this hard drive with XP boot on it?

    i am finding this confusing obviously...

    THANK YOU!