Disk does not contain a Windows-XP Compatible partition

[Guest]

Hi,

I have 2 partitions on my hard drive. I deleted one of the partitions and
plan to install windows xp on the deleted partition. However it gave me this
error message saying, this disk does not contain a Windows XP-compatible
partition. However I do not want to delete the other partition as I have
important files on that drive.

The 2nd partition on the drive was made using Norton Partition Magic.

I wasnt able to continue installing because windows cannot create a new
partition on the drive. Pls help.


Thank you.

Sam

 

[Li'l Roberto]

Boot with your XP CD, delete the partition you created with PM, then
create a new partition for XP as part of the setup process.
But if it were me I would put the HDD into another system and
get the wanted data off before doing anything -just in case...

rgds
Li'l Roberto

 

[Kelly]

Hi Sam,

You didn't use Fdisk and Format properly.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q255867&ID=kb;en-us;Q255867

As for PM, can't speak for it. Many MVP's use Bing. Good luck!

BING: Boot It Next Generation
http://www.terabyteunlimited.com/

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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP)

Troubleshooting Windows XP
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