Unable to load Windows XP SP3 in Boot Camp 3.0 (SL)

**Roakman** · 20-10-2010

I am gonna install a Snow Leopard on my MacBook and everything was going perfect from the mac side. So i got ready for reloading Windows XP SP2 via Boot Camp Assistant. Then i created a 32gb partition formatted with NTFS while installing. After installing all the needed drivers for hardware, I got an error as follows when i tried to run SP3.

"an error occurred while copying file osloader.ntd"

Then i pressed Cancel to abort it then cleared it all from an uninstaller. I have tried the same procedure several times but it did not worked in any of them attempts. Does anybody familiar with this problem?

**jesse** · 20-10-2010

Apple has released an update to its Boot Camp. Recall that the latter is a set of drivers that provides the capability to emulate the presence of a BIOS on the Mac to be able to install Windows. Version 2.0 had appeared at the same time as Leopard, the DVD of the operating system containing a specific track and readable under Windows. A version 2.1 has just been published, however, to solve various problems, and especially to provide support for Service Pack 3 for Windows XP, newly available on MSDN and TechNet accounts. It is also highly recommended by Apple to install the update before SP3 Boot Camp.

**SalVatore** · 20-10-2010

Following the change of disk on my MacBook Pro (160 GB replaced by a 500 GB !!!), I then reinstalled Windows XP SP2 Bootcamp. I then wanted to install SP3 for Windows XP, and despite several reinstalling Windows, every time I got the following message, when I had several GB available on my score. You do not have enough disk space on C: \ WINDOWS \ $ NtServicePackUninstall $ to install Service Pack 3. Setup requires at least 4 MB of extra free space. If you want to archive the files for uninstallation, you must have 4 MB of extra free space. Free up additional disk space and try again.

**Lillebror** · 20-10-2010

I found the solution and so I deliver it to you so that it can benefit the other:
1. Click on the Start button and then Run where you have to type "regedit" and press Enter.
2. Now move to the registry given below

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ Software \ Microsoft \ Windows \ CurrentVersion \ Setup].

3. Go to the Edit menu and choose New -> String Value.
4. Identify the "BootDir" and put him "C: \" as the value.

**Devasis** · 20-10-2010

I have a MacBook with Mac OS X Tiger installed on it. This machine has a Boot Camp 1.4 and Windows XP SP2 too. I was having a problem with my network after changing it as it was protected by WPA-PSK. I had to install Windows XP SP3 which does not suffer sudden disconnections. I tried to update BootCamp to version 2.0 and higher. Unfortunately, this application will benefit most improvement on MacOS X Tiger and since I did not want to update to Mac OS X Leopard, I was blocked. This procedure therefore I avoided some costs.