| Now that the Boot Camp Assistant has done all its prep work, you're ready to install Windows by performing the following steps: 1. | With the Start Windows XP Installation screen of the Boot Camp Assistant open (see Figure 1.8), insert your Windows XP Installation disc. Wait for your Mac to mount and recognize the disc. This can take a few moments.
| 2. | Click Start Installation. Your Mac will restart. When it does, it will enter the Windows Setup process. The installer will start installing various files on your Mac. After a few minutes, you'll come to the Welcome to Setup screen. (By the way, isn't the Windows Installer lovely and elegant!)
| 3. | Press the Return key; the Windows Installer calls this the Enter key because that is what it is called on a Windows PC keyboard. You'll move to the license screen.
| 4. | Press the F8 key to agree to the license. You'll see the Select Partition screen. You use this screen to select the disk partition that you created earlier for the Windows installation.
| 5. | Use the Down arrow key to highlight the C: partition and press the Return key. You'll see a screen on which you choose the format of the Windows partition. On this screen, you'll see a message stating that the selected partition is too full, damaged, not formatted, or formatted with an incompatible file system. That's expected, so don't worry about it.
| | | 6. | Double-check to make sure that you've selected the C: partition. If you select the partition on which Mac OS X is installed, you'll destroy the data on that partition when the installer reformats the partition. This means you'll lose all the data on your Mac OS X partition. The currently selected partition will be shown just under the warning text.
Tip If the C: partition isn't selected, press the Esc key and follow the onscreen instructions to resume the installation process. Next, you need to decide which disk format you are going to use on the Windows partition.
As you read earlier, the NTFS format is the more secure and reliable option. However, if you choose the NTFS format, you won't be able to read or write to the Windows partition when you are running Mac OS X. This will make it a bit harder to move data to or from your Windows environment to your Mac environment because you won't be able to access your Windows files directly under Mac OS X. (However, there are ways around this even if you choose the NTFS format, as you'll learn in later chapters.)
The FAT option is "less" secure and "less" reliable, but you will be able to access files (read existing files from and save files to) in the Windows partition while your Mac is booted up under Mac OS X. What "less" secure and "less" reliable mean isn't easy or important to specify, so you have to take this statement with a grain of salt (why a grain of salt helps, I don't know).
So, which format should you choose? If you are going to run Windows only occasionally or if your Mac is short on disk space, choose the FAT format for maximum compatibility. If you think you might run Windows quite a bit or your Mac has plenty of disk space, choose the NTFS format.
For most Mac users, I recommend the NTFS format because of its reliability and security benefits. Although this option does make moving files to and from Mac OS X to Windows and vice versa a bit more difficult, there are lots of ways to do this. In most cases, use the FAT option only if disk space is a real problem for you and you'll need to be able to store files on the Windows partition.
Note Because the Windows OS is subject to all kinds of security threats, it can actually be a benefit to keep the two environments (Windows and Mac OS X) less compatible. With the NTFS disk format, you'll have to be more deliberate to move files between the two environments, which from the security perspective, is a good thing. By default, the Windows Installer will choose the NTFS format.
| 7. | To choose the FAT format instead, use the Down Arrow key to select it; if you want to use NTFS, leave the default selection as is.
| | | 8. | Press the Return key. The format process will start and you'll see its progress on the screen. Expect this part of the installation process to take several minutes, longer if you are using a fairly large disk partition.
When the format process is complete, the installer will start copying files to the Windows partition it just formatted. This process will also take several minutes.
After the required files are copied and some additional installation work is done, your Mac will restart. You'll hear the familiar Mac startup sound, but when the startup progress appears on the screen, you'll momentarily see (gasp!) the Windows splash screen.
After the splash screen goes away, Windows will continue the installation process. You should see the Windows installation progress screen that provides information about Windows along with progress information for the installation process. As the installation continues, a timer, and at times a progress bar, will count down the remaining time and give you an idea about what the installer is currently doing, such as installing devices.
You can read the information presented on the progress screen to learn about Windows or do something else until the Regional and Language Options screen appears. When that screen appears, move to step 9
If your Mac's screen goes and stays blank after the Windows splash screen goes away or you don't see the Windows installation progress screen, there is a problem with the installation process. To restart the installation process, see the following sidebar.
When a Good Installation Goes Bad If the installation process stops or fails at some point, perform the following steps to recover. Shut your Mac down by holding the Power key down until the display is dark and your Mac has powered down. With the Windows Installation disc still in your Mac, restart it and hold the Option key down. You'll be prompted to choose a startup disk. Select the Windows Installation CD and press the Return key. Your Mac will restart from the Windows Installation CD. The Windows installation process should resume and you'll see the installation progress screen. If the installation was completed previously, you'll be able to repair or reinstall Windows. |
| 9. | On the Regional and Language Options screen, look for the default Standards and Formats setting, such as English (United States), and the default text input language and method, such as US keyboard layout.
| 10. | If the default options are correct, click Next and skip to step 20. If you want to change these settings, move to step 11. (You can always change them later while you are running Windows if you need to.)
| 11. | Click Customize. You'll see the Regional and Language Options control panel.
| 12. | On the Formats drop-down list at the top of the panel, choose the format option you want to use. Samples of the format will be shown below the drop-down list.
| 13. | On the Location drop-down list, choose your location.
| | | 14. | Click the Languages tab.
| 15. | Click Details. You'll see the Default Input Language drop-down list.
| 16. | Choose your default input language from the drop-down list.
| 17. | Click OK.
| 18. | Click OK again to save your changes and close the Regional and Language Options control panel.
| 19. | Click Next.
| 20. | Enter your name and company (if applicable) in the appropriate boxes and click Next. You'll see the Your Product Key screen.
| 21. | Enter the product key provided with your Windows installation disc and click Next. You'll see the What's Your Computer Name? screen.
| 22. | Create the name by which you'll recognize your Mac when it is running Windows by typing a name in the name box. Your Windows name must be 15 or fewer characters and can't contain special characters or spaces. You'll see this name on a network or in other situations so choose a name that will let you know that you are seeing your Mac, but it is running Windows.
| 23. | Click Next. You'll see the Date and Time Settings screen.
| 24. | Set the current time and date using the time and date controls.
| 25. | Choose your time zone from the Time Zone drop-down list.
| 26. | If your area doesn't use Daylight Saving Time, uncheck the Automatically Adjust Clock for Daylight Saving Changes check box.
| 27. | Click Next. The installation process will resume with network installation. The installation progress information will appear again and you'll see the Networking Settings screen.
| | | 28. | For the time being, leave the Typical Settings radio button selected and click Next. You'll learn how to configure Windows to access your network in a later chapter.
The installation process will continue and you can monitor it with the progress information displayed. You won't need to make any other inputs during the process.
When the installer has completed its work, your Mac will restart. You'll see the prompt to press any key to restart from the CD. After that disappears, you'll see the Windows splash screen. Depending on how your Mac's screen resolution was set, you might see the Display Settings prompt. If you do, click OK to clear the prompt and then click OK in the resulting dialog. This enables Windows to choose the resolution it thinks is best (you can always change it later).
You'll see the Welcome to Microsoft Windows screen. You'll do some additional configuration with the next couple of screens.
| 29. | Click Next. You'll see the Help Protect Your PC screen. Here, you choose whether you want Windows updates installed automatically or not. In most cases, you should enable automatic updates of your Windows environment.
| 30. | Click the Help Protect My PC by Turning On Automatic Updates Now radio button and click Next. You'll see the Who Will Use This Computer? screen.
| 31. | Enter the name you want to use for your Windows user account in the Your Name box.
| 32. | If you want to create additional user accounts, enter a name in each user box until you've added a name for each user account.
| 33. | Click Next. You'll see the Thank You! screen.
| 34. | Click Finish. The installation process will be complete and your Mac will be running Windows. You'll see the Windows XP startup screen on which you can choose the user account under which you want to log in. (If you created only one user account, you'll move to the Windows desktop.)
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Now that Windows is installed, you'll need to install Mac drivers, protect your computer from attack while running Windows, configure Windows to access your network, and so on. Following is a list of the tasks you should do next: - Start up your Mac under Windows, install the drivers you'll need, and perform basic Windows configuration (Chapter 2, "Running and Configuring Windows Using Boot Camp."
- Connect your Windows environment to a local network and the Internet (Chapter 3, "Networking and Connecting to the Internet Using Windows").
- Guard your Windows environment (Chapter 4, "Protecting Your Windows Environment from Internet Attacks").
- Perform important tasks such as configuring a printer under Windows and sharing data between the Windows OS and Mac OS X (Chapter 5, "Running Windows on a Mac Using Boot Camp").
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