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Need help using BootCamp. I need 3 partitions on the Hard Drive...
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Aug 20, 2006, 08:06 PM
 
Hello ,

I have been having a big trouble installing BootCamp because I have 2 partitions on my Hard Drive (I have deleted one of the partitions and it worked fine) For some reason, it does not install properly if I have already 2 existent partitions.
I have tried installing Windows, without bootcamp, but whenever Windows XP installs and reboots, it does not automatically load the CD and causing errors on the installation.

I have tried everything , but I cannot seem to get Windows to install properly... I need 3 partitions (one for MacOSX, one for my files and one for Windows XP= 3 partitions). How can I make it work?

Any ideas?!?!?!?

Thanks in advance.
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Aug 20, 2006, 08:47 PM
 
A good long look at this forum will show that Boot Camp simply doesn't like more than ONE partition to start with and TWO to finish with. It isn't built for multiple partitions, and seems to choke on a partition table that has more than one entry. So from my perspective, having problems with multiple partitions and Boot Camp is really normal behavior for Boot Camp. Sorry.
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Feb 6, 2007, 02:10 PM
 
Ghporter is right it just doesnt like multiple partitions.
Solution=2nd HdD
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