[kamerononfire]

after putting in the windows xp professional install cd, it gets to the point
of partitioning the drive. i delete everything on my second hard drive, a
maxtor diamond max 200gb by typing "D" for delete, and then "L" to
confirm.then i'm back at the main partition screen, showing both my hard
drives.. i hit 'C' for "Create".. after i create a partition on that drive,
of any size, goes to the same screen where it asks you to delete the
partition, because windows does not recognize it. but windows formatted it!

it says this, about the formatted drive it creates:

"To install windows on the partition selected. Setup must writesome startup
files to the following disk.

<hard drive info>

However, this disk does not contain a Windows compatible partition. To
continue installing Windows, return to the partition screen and create a
Windows-compatible partition on the disk above."

this makes NO sense.

i'm doing a dual boot setup, windows on second harddrive.

any ideas?

[R. McCarty]

Best to delete the partitions, exit setup - Reboot and retry the
disk maintenance operations. This can help to avoid drive letter
issues.

"kamerononfire" <kamerononfire@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> after putting in the windows xp professional install cd, it gets to the
> point
> of partitioning the drive. i delete everything on my second hard drive, a
> maxtor diamond max 200gb by typing "D" for delete, and then "L" to
> confirm.then i'm back at the main partition screen, showing both my hard
> drives.. i hit 'C' for "Create".. after i create a partition on that
> drive,
> of any size, goes to the same screen where it asks you to delete the
> partition, because windows does not recognize it. but windows formatted
> it!
>
> it says this, about the formatted drive it creates:
>
> "To install windows on the partition selected. Setup must writesome
> startup
> files to the following disk.
>
> <hard drive info>
>
> However, this disk does not contain a Windows compatible partition. To
> continue installing Windows, return to the partition screen and create a
> Windows-compatible partition on the disk above."
>
> this makes NO sense.
>
> i'm doing a dual boot setup, windows on second harddrive.
>
> any ideas?

[Andy]

What kind of partition(s) is on the first drive? It's probably trying
to write to the primary partion on the first drive.

On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 01:09:04 -0700, "kamerononfire"
<kamerononfire@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>after putting in the windows xp professional install cd, it gets to the point
>of partitioning the drive. i delete everything on my second hard drive, a
>maxtor diamond max 200gb by typing "D" for delete, and then "L" to
>confirm.then i'm back at the main partition screen, showing both my hard
>drives.. i hit 'C' for "Create".. after i create a partition on that drive,
>of any size, goes to the same screen where it asks you to delete the
>partition, because windows does not recognize it. but windows formatted it!
>
>it says this, about the formatted drive it creates:
>
>"To install windows on the partition selected. Setup must writesome startup
>files to the following disk.
>

><hard drive info>
Is this the first drive?

>
>However, this disk does not contain a Windows compatible partition. To
>continue installing Windows, return to the partition screen and create a
>Windows-compatible partition on the disk above."
>
>this makes NO sense.
>
>i'm doing a dual boot setup, windows on second harddrive.
>
>any ideas?

[kamerononfire]

i tried that, it did nothing for me.
thanks for your help, though.

"R. McCarty" wrote:

> Best to delete the partitions, exit setup - Reboot and retry the
> disk maintenance operations. This can help to avoid drive letter
> issues.
>

[kamerononfire]

ext3 (Linux)

i'll try installing it to the first drive.


"Andy" wrote:

> What kind of partition(s) is on the first drive? It's probably trying
> to write to the primary partion on the first drive.
>
> On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 01:09:04 -0700, "kamerononfire"
> <kamerononfire@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >after putting in the windows xp professional install cd, it gets to the point
> >of partitioning the drive. i delete everything on my second hard drive, a
> >maxtor diamond max 200gb by typing "D" for delete, and then "L" to
> >confirm.then i'm back at the main partition screen, showing both my hard
> >drives.. i hit 'C' for "Create".. after i create a partition on that drive,
> >of any size, goes to the same screen where it asks you to delete the
> >partition, because windows does not recognize it. but windows formatted it!
> >
> >it says this, about the formatted drive it creates:
> >
> >"To install windows on the partition selected. Setup must writesome startup
> >files to the following disk.
> >
>
> ><hard drive info>
> Is this the first drive?
>
> >
> >However, this disk does not contain a Windows compatible partition. To
> >continue installing Windows, return to the partition screen and create a
> >Windows-compatible partition on the disk above."
> >
> >this makes NO sense.
> >
> >i'm doing a dual boot setup, windows on second harddrive.
> >
> >any ideas?
>
>