Install Windows xp on MacBook late 2008 El Capitan

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Install Windows xp on MacBook late 2008 El Capitan

Hello,

I have MacBook Aluminium 13-inch late 2008 with OSX El Capitan 10.11.1 and Boot Camp 6.0.0. I`d like to install Windows XP SP3 on my mac from ISO image that I created when I Installed Win XP on my mac for the first time. But BootCamp is offering me only installing Windows 7 (see included image).

Could you please help me what to do?

Thank you in advance,

PeMa08

MacBook, OS X El Capitan (10.11.1)

Posted on Nov 11, 2015 8:46 AM

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Loner T

Level 9

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Nov 11, 2015 8:57 AM in response to PeMa08

You do not really need BC Assistant. Create a FAT partition by hand using Disk Utility, use GPT Fdisk to map it to a Hybrid MBR and use a physical DVD to install XP SP3. Your Mac does not support ISO/USB installation.

From MacBook (13-inch, Aluminum, Late 2008) - Technical Specifications , you have

Optical drive

8x slot-loading SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)
Maximum write: 8x DVD-R, DVD+R; 4x DVD-R DL (double layer), DVD+R DL (double layer), DVD-RW, DVD+RW; 24x CD-R; 10x CD-RW
Maximum read: 8x DVD-R, DVD+R, DVD-ROM; 6x DVD-ROM (double layer DVD-9), DVD-R DL (double layer), DVD+R DL (double layer), DVD-RW, and DVD+RW; 24x CD

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