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Is there a way to install windows xp without erasing the existing osx partition?

April 26, 2017erasing existing install osx partition Windows XP

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Is there a way to install windows xp without erasing the existing osx partition?

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This can be done using the beta version of iPartition from Coriolis Systems. If you purchase the software you will receive a download link that includes the link for the beta universal version. You cannot run iPartition directly on the computer that you will be installing Windows on because it cannot shrink the parition from the booted hard drive. If you have 2 Macs, connect the one that you want to install Windows on to the other in firewire mode. Run iPartition and you can then shrink the OS X partition via firewire. Once you have done this, create an MS-DOS partition in the free space. During the Windows install choose this free space and create a partition. A new, and much easier way to do this, is to use Apple’s new BootCamp software. Find it at www.apple.