Installing boot camp on Mac?

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Big Boss Man
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Installing boot camp on Mac?

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Was wondering how easy this is to do. Have a older Mac with Snow Leopard on and read you can install Windows XP and dual boot between the two OSes. Don't think I have a retail XP disc though so I'm assuming you can't export the OEM license and use that to activate?. Main reason to install XP is to play some older PC games I have and other software that don't run on Win10 even under compatability mode and aren't old enough to run under DOSbox.

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Re: Installing boot camp on Mac?

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It's very easy. Boot Camp Assistant is located in the Utilities folder, which will help you reallocate existing space on your hard drive into a new partition for Windows. Pop in a Windows install disc and it'll take care of the rest. It's easy to reverse too, if you ever need to uninstall Windows.

If you're running XP, maybe just grab a bootleg? Otherwise, there should be some way to use that OEM license, but I don't have any experience with that.

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Re: Installing boot camp on Mac?

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Thanks. Unfortunately I found that OEM licenses are linked to the computer they are installed on and can't be transferred. But say I found a copy of XP in a thrift store etc would I be able to use that license or would it already be activated?.

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