Creating Partition

[KenP]

Trying to reinstall Win XP Pro. Get to setup screen where partitions are
listed and only have 1 unpartitioned space w/max drive size. XP will not
proceed until I create partition. Each time I try to create partition, I'm
returned to 1st screen w/C for Create Partition but it will not create
partition.

Any clues on how to get a partition on drive cause XP will not install till
that happens.

Thanks.
KenP

 

[Michael]

Trying to reinstall Win XP Pro. Get to setup screen where partitions are
listed and only have 1 unpartitioned space w/max drive size. XP will not
proceed until I create partition. Each time I try to create partition, I'm
returned to 1st screen w/C for Create Partition but it will not create
partition.

Any clues on how to get a partition on drive cause XP will not install
till
that happens.

Thanks.
KenP

Just have XP create the partition on the whole drive.

 

[Peter Taylor]

Trying to reinstall Win XP Pro. Get to setup screen where partitions are
listed and only have 1 unpartitioned space w/max drive size. XP will not
proceed until I create partition. Each time I try to create partition, I'm
returned to 1st screen w/C for Create Partition but it will not create
partition.

Any clues on how to get a partition on drive cause XP will not install till
that happens.

Thanks.
KenP

You're not following instructions. Read the instructions again carefully.

Here are some screen shots:

http://www.theeldergeek.com/hard_drives_03.htm

 

[Peter Taylor]

Just have XP create the partition on the whole drive.

Not a good idea. One should have one drive for XP and programs and
another for data. That way, if you ever have to reinstall XP, you don't
have to reload the data from external media.

 

[KenP]

Tried that but same result, brings me back to no Win compatible partition and
requesting I set size and create one.

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]]

Not a good idea. One should have one drive for XP and programs and
another for data. That way, if you ever have to reinstall XP, you don't
have to reload the data from external media.

It's never a good idea to partition a drive in the manner you speak.
It's best to have OS and apps on a primary physical disk and put
"data" on another secondary physical disk.

- Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]

 

[KenP]

I'm following dirs just as you indicated. Problem is each time I press C to
get Fig 02, enter size and press ENTER I get Fig 03 and it still looks like
Fig 01 which only shows unpartitioned space.

 

[Peter Taylor]

It's never a good idea to partition a drive in the manner you speak.
It's best to have OS and apps on a primary physical disk and put
"data" on another secondary physical disk.

- Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]

True for a desktop with SATA but not with PATA or a laptop than can only
handle one hard drive.

 

[Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]]

True for a desktop with SATA but not with PATA or a laptop than can only
handle one hard drive.

There's no good reason to partition a system with only a primary HD,
PATA or SATA. But that's what external 1394 or USB2 drivers are for.
Maybe back in the DOS / Win 3.1x days when some proprietary app needed
to run it's data or other junk from a separate partition, but today?
No way. There's no reason. People used to partition when NTFS or FAT32
weren't prevalent because of FAT and cluster size limits.
Partitioning on the same physical disk will incur a performance hit
and is unnecessary. PATA, SATA, SSD, SCSI, whatever. Partitions are
for installing other OSes onto IMHO.

- Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]

 

[Michael]

Not a good idea. One should have one drive for XP and programs and another
for data. That way, if you ever have to reinstall XP, you don't have to
reload the data from external media.

That's personal preference. Besides, the OP only has 1 drive.

 

[Michael]

I'm following dirs just as you indicated. Problem is each time I press C
to
get Fig 02, enter size and press ENTER I get Fig 03 and it still looks
like
Fig 01 which only shows unpartitioned space.

Instead of choosing "C" press enter and see what happens. If Windows
installs you can always create a partition thru Disk Management.

 

[KenP]

Have tried that. Tried new cable, new pc and several other disk mgt
programs/diagnostics and nothing works. Must be hard drive problem.

 

[Michael]

Have tried that. Tried new cable, new pc and several other disk mgt
programs/diagnostics and nothing works. Must be hard drive problem.

....Which was my first response.