Help With BootCamp please!

sanaxe1

sanaxe1

sanaxe1

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Hey i have just brought a imac with bootcamp and everything already loaded on but it automaticaly boots on to windows xp. How Do i load OSX off a normal non mac keybaord at the start. Thanks :)
 
there should be an option to choose which os you are after using when the computer starts up.

check bootcamp faq on apples site.

btw when you find out what was wrong, could you post it on here how you sorted it, only im installing it in two weeks so id appreciate the heads up lol,

sorry couldnt be more helpful, as i say, havent as of yet used it :)
 
Hold down the option key when booting and you'll get to the Bootcamp Menu.

From there you can either choose Windows or OS X by clicking on the relevant icon :cool:
 
Hey just tryed that and it still doesnt work :( maybe it could be it dont detect my wireless keyboard at startup?
 
I had the same problem last friday on my MacBook.

In windows go to control panel and click on something called Startup Disk (I think), then select Mac OSX and click ok. Now restart and it should go into OSX straight away.

I also thought I could not switch between the OS' but I was holding down the wrong button on start up (idiot huh!) make sure you hold down the Option button (Alt button), I was holding down the command (Apple) button :p

Hope this helps
 
If you have the FrontRow remote just hold down the Menu button while booting and then you can select OS with the remote. Or if you boot into XP, there is a bootcamp option in Control panel and you can chose your startup disk. Change this to the OSX partition and it should load this on next reboot.
 
if i reinstall MAC OS, do I need to reinstall XP as well?
i hope not. i messed up accidentally my MAC OS installation and need to reinstall it.
 
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