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Bootcamp startup question
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Steve Bosell
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Oct 10, 2006, 03:05 PM
 
Can some one please tell me if I were to load bootcamp on an intel Mac, delete the Os X partition, and install windows XP, if windows would boot up with no user interaction? I do not have an intel mac, and we are looking for some small form factor PC's, XP is a requirement, and if bootcamp "asks" before booting up it could confuse users.

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Oct 10, 2006, 03:06 PM
 
Why would you delete the OS X partition? The computer will continue booting into Windows without prompting the user, unless and until the user causes it to boot into OS X.

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Oct 10, 2006, 03:48 PM
 
Boot Camp belongs in a different forum....
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Oct 10, 2006, 04:12 PM
 
If you select the XP install as the boot disk (ether in the OSX control panel, or the 'Startup Disk' app that the Apple driver disk instals in to XP) then it will boot straight in to XP without any interaction.
     
   
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