Boot Camp - Windows Student Edition

mattgaunt · 23 Jul 2009 at 09:47

Hey all,

I wanted to install Windows XP on Boot Camp (Need it for some work I'm doing) and basically because I have a student edition of Windows XP Boot Camp won't install it.

What I was wondering is does anyone have any suggestions for fixes? It would just hang on a black screen saying it couldn't boot the disk I think, but worked fine in VirtualBox.

Do I need an OEM disc or something?

Thanks a lot

Matt

Burnsy2023 · 23 Jul 2009 at 12:49

mattgaunt said:
Hey all,

I wanted to install Windows XP on Boot Camp (Need it for some work I'm doing) and basically because I have a student edition of Windows XP Boot Camp won't install it.

What does it do/say? Where did you get the licence from?

TheMagicPirate · 23 Jul 2009 at 13:55

A student edition of XP?

Are you sure your not trying to install a student edition of Office?

Skyrunner · 23 Jul 2009 at 15:54

Student edition? Do you mean from MSDN:AA?

FreeStream · 28 Jul 2009 at 12:45

I've bootcamped a student (msdnaa and actual SP1 disk) with no problems...

ISO name??

"andy" · 30 Jul 2009 at 15:44

make sure you format the hard disk again within the XP installation

or doesnt it even get that far ?

kicks66 · 30 Jul 2009 at 23:01

Make sure to launch the disk using the Boot Camp Installer in OSX. It will cause a restart and start the installer. Booting off the disk wont work.