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Error installing XP SP2

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by candiro

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I'm trying to install XP Service Pack 2 on a Macbook Pro - at the time I installed windows, the only available license I had includes neither service pack. The partition dedicated to Windows is 15+ gigs, yet when it tries to make the backup for uninstalling SP2, it keeps saying it doesn't have enough space. Is there any way to disable it from doing so, or a work-around, or maybe something I just overlooked?

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by maniacman

If it's telling you that you don't have enough space, then you really don't have enough space. Are you absolutely certain that you created a 15GB partition and that XP is seeing that partition when it installs and not trying to install itself onto the existing MAC OS partition? I truly think that it's not installing where you think it is.

by candiro

I'm absolutely certain... seeing as I have the thing right in front of me. Bootcamp for the win.

(The partition it is trying to install to has 15 free gigs. Thanks for keeping an eye on this, though - whatever attention I can get to find a solution.)

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