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By Daniel Terdiman
Posted on ZDNet News: Apr 11, 2006 7:11:00 PM

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Over on the Apple.com discussion boards, a number of people are reporting that Boot Camp--Apple's new beta software that allows Intel-based Mac owners to install Windows XP--is causing some serious problems.

To be precise, the common crisis is that after partitioning their hard drives and installing Windows XP--which seems to work fine--these people find they can no longer boot back into OS X.

And it's not just one or two people. A quick read through these forums revealed around 10 people with the problem--and a growing list of scary-sounding error messages.

A few of them are posting back with possible solutions, many of them rather complex for a novice user, but then again, novice users probably aren't the ones installing Boot Camp at this point, anyway.

Either way, it's not clear if the potential solutions being posted are working, but one thing that does come through in the various people's cries for help in the forums is that disk repair software they bought--because Apple isn't providing official support for Boot Camp--isn't doing the trick.

So, all the early reports had it that Boot Camp was working fine for most people. But be prepared for a new round of trouble reports. And be very careful out there.

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regarding the benchmark comparsions between Mac and PC's, I should have said they were all running Windows XP, including the Mac.

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Probably that flaky Mac hardware causing all the crashes.  toadlife | 04/11/06
Crashes and other scary stuff  Net-Tech_z | 04/11/06
I don't get crashes in XP  toadlife | 04/11/06
Yeah  Len Rooney | 04/11/06
I allready tried that  toadlife | 04/11/06
Obviously  Len Rooney | 04/12/06
Sure thing  toadlife | 04/12/06
How about...  Spoon Jabber | 04/12/06
First of all toady this is a zdnet talkback and we...none  Laff | 04/12/06
Wasn't it just yesterday that you were ...  ShadeTree | 04/12/06
Could means I have the potential.......Like I think you  Laff | 04/12/06
A lot of rhetoric to support a false statement nut ...  ShadeTree | 04/12/06
Now how again did I lie?  Laff | 04/12/06
Assumes facts not in evidence.  ShadeTree | 04/12/06
LAME!!!!!!!!  Laff | 04/12/06
Boys!!! Don't make me come back there! (NT)  Spoon Jabber | 04/12/06
Nice to see you back Spoon!!! Yay!  Laff | 04/12/06
no crashes here.  johnsmith222 | 04/11/06
I hear ya!  voska | 04/11/06
Yeah perhaps but what does the "Average" user care  Laff | 04/12/06
Can't remember  TonyMcS | 04/11/06
You must of missed the part where it says ...  ShadeTree | 04/12/06
He's right and Windows XP runs OSX well er not at all..sigh.  Laff | 04/12/06
Microsoft is not the one trying to get ...  ShadeTree | 04/12/06
Fault with a BETA product? Doesn't saying it's BETA  Laff | 04/12/06
Get it right!  ShadeTree | 04/12/06
I already understand all that you mentioned FAULT or blame  Laff | 04/12/06
re Get it right!  b.d.hi | 04/12/06
You so realize  Rick_K | 04/12/06
You don't find it all ironic that a tool made ...  ShadeTree | 04/12/06
I dunno  Spoon Jabber | 04/12/06
Big difference.  ShadeTree | 04/12/06
That is true  Spoon Jabber | 04/12/06
It's a beta  Ken_z | 04/11/06
Boo Hoo - It's BETA Software  jpr75_z | 04/11/06
Typical beta problems... or M$ sabbotage?  Mr. Roboto | 04/11/06
OSX isn't microsoft's enemy  zmud | 04/12/06
I guarantee you  Michael Kelly | 04/11/06
Why wouldn't Apple help resolve an issue they caused?  ShadeTree | 04/12/06
How much has MS spent in helping people who lost  Laff | 04/12/06
Not a higher standard at all!  ShadeTree | 04/12/06
Apple clearly marked this as BETA! Meaning proceed at your own risk.  Laff | 04/12/06
Wrong again!!  ShadeTree | 04/12/06
Dude you are such a spin mister....  Laff | 04/12/06
You're the one spinning the story.  ShadeTree | 04/12/06
Well I could be wrong I suppose there was this one time  Laff | 04/12/06
I give up!!!  ShadeTree | 04/12/06
You are soooooo EASY!!!! happy  Laff | 04/12/06
XP CRASHES ALL ON IT'S OWN! NO MAC NEEDED.  GSavage777 | 04/12/06
IT'S BETA .85. Jeez....  BitTwiddler | 04/11/06
This is nothing...  BitTwiddler | 04/11/06
Simple solution  Ken_z | 04/11/06
Defeats the purpose  superbus | 04/11/06
Have "Safe" Windows!  GSavage777 | 04/12/06
yea dual booting rules!  JoeMama_z | 04/11/06
Mike Cox, in his usual wisdom, predicted this  j.m.galvin | 04/11/06
Bravo!!  999ad@... | 04/11/06
All talk, no action. INVITATION:  GSavage777 | 04/12/06
Sounds like common problem  voska | 04/11/06
dual booting  handydan918 | 04/11/06
Yup it was LILO  voska | 04/12/06
Possible solution...  techboy_z | 04/12/06
This is so ..... unexpected!  michael_t | 04/11/06
Paranoia extreme  TonyMcS | 04/11/06
This is what I like about Mac users  JetJaguar | 04/12/06
I Agree  GSavage777 | 04/12/06
Doesn't warrant an article  2max67 | 04/11/06
Sure  TonyMcS | 04/11/06
So it's a beta  TonyMcS | 04/11/06
A panic!?! Pushing the envelope there just a tad aren't we?  Laff | 04/12/06
Fairly high tech and switched to Mac.  GSavage777 | 04/12/06
Read the discussions  TonyMcS | 04/11/06
OK..so it's BETA? That means you expect what?  Laff | 04/12/06
You certainly have a point.  ShadeTree | 04/12/06
Dude you made a joke!!!! Or at least a fair attempt at one!  Laff | 04/12/06
Great splelling and glamore  GSavage777 | 04/12/06
If you want to act the frustrated English teacher ...  ShadeTree | 04/13/06
um... you have no sense of humor...  heyfool | 04/13/06
Ah, the final word in Windows Killers  quietLee | 04/12/06
What is sooooo difficult about understanding the word BETA!?!  Laff | 04/12/06
But But But!!!!  quietLee | 04/12/06
I don't think your read many if you claim that is what was said...  Laff | 04/12/06
I agree  JetJaguar | 04/13/06
erratum  JetJaguar | 04/13/06
Crashes running Windows XP on a Mac  metilley@... | 04/12/06
Uh, Apple shot themselves in the foot here  quietLee | 04/12/06
10 reports! WOW!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 04/12/06
You know better than that!  quietLee | 04/12/06
The tool is not FOOL proof!  An_Axe_to_Grind | 04/12/06
Considering that it is that elite group of Apple Users ...  ShadeTree | 04/12/06
Same thing happened to a friend of mine  mlindl | 04/12/06
Because 19 people is probably the total number ...  ShadeTree | 04/12/06
Would someone guide me to these posts ?  Mark Petrunis | 04/12/06
correction !  Mark Petrunis | 04/12/06
No articles about this on Mac sites yet.  MacGeek2121 | 04/12/06
Suprise suprise....  tshilling | 04/12/06
Why does this rate a news article?  MacGeek2121 | 04/12/06
Much Ado About Nothing  Aristillus | 04/13/06
Well at least they are reporting it  Boot_Agnostic | 04/13/06
Here is an example report of the problem  MacGeek2121 | 04/13/06

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