Starting Up in Windows XP

Starting a Mac up in Windows XP is straightforward, as the following steps show:

1.	Restart your Mac if it is running or power it up if it is shut down.
2.	When it begins to restart, hold the Option key down until the startup volumes available are shown. The current startup volume will be highlighted and will have an arrow pointing to it.
3.	Select the Windows volume and press the Return key. (If you still have the Windows Installation CD installed in your Mac, it will appear as a startup option. You should choose that only if you need to repair or reinstall Windows.) Windows will launch and you'll see its splash screen. If you configured more than one Windows user account during the installation process, you'll see the Login screen. If you configured only one user account, you'll be logged in to that account automatically.
4.	Click the user account under which you want to log in. The settings for that account will be loaded, and you'll see the Windows desktop (see Figure 2.1). The Start menu will be opened automatically. Welcome to Windows…. Figure 2.1. Is this a Mac or a Windows PC? (It's a MacBook.)

Note

Soon after the Windows desktop appears, you'll see a warning that the computer isn't protected from viruses. Click the x to close the warning for now; you'll learn how to protect Windows later. You'll also be prompted to take a tour of Windows XP. If you've not used Windows XP before, this can be helpful, although you'll also get a mini-tour of Windows a little later in this chapter.