I haven't seen this really talked about much elsewhere, so I thought I'd share my experience. I just did a fresh install of Windows XP SP3 on my Boot Camp partition, and installed Boot Camp 2.0 (then ...

Using a Windows XP upgrade CD The Boot Camp installation instructions claim that a valid full Windows XP SP2 disc is required and that upgrade discs cannot be used ...

Reader Chris needs to reinstall Windows 7 Home Basic on his laptop. Just one problem: he lost his recovery discs. A more common problem is when you need to reinstall Windows and you never had recovery ...

5. Insert your Windows XP install disc and start the installation process. 6. Be sure to format the Windows partition named "BOOTCAMP" before continuing with the remainder of the Windows XP setup.

It's only got 256MB and all the banks are full. I'm hoping a stripped down XP install should be able to run as a dedicated PVR, burning recorded shows to DVD-R, and occasional streamed web ...

Update: Before you try all of this, you may want to try using WinToFlash, a utility designed to create a bootable Windows flash drive for Windows XP/Vista/7/Server. If this works for you, you can skip ...