XP cannot recognize this partition?

[JMI]

Hello,


When boot off the install cd and try to re-install XP I get the message:

XP cannot recognize this partition?

Why do I get this messgae? And why is my only course of action to delete
the partition? There's nothing wrong with the partition that I can think of
since I'm currently running XP off of it. There are no disk errors nor is
there anything wrong with the drive (Done a surface scan on it with
Norton........ looooooooong.)

Is there any way to fix this so that I don't have to delete the entire
partition just to reinsall XP?

Thanks,


Jeff

[Crusty \(-: Old Bastard :-\)]

You may have partition boundary errors that prevent the partition as being
seen as a competent partition. To be 100% certain of your installation, I
would delete the partition during the install process. Then I would create a
new one and format it as NTFS. If not, a problem may rear up a couple of
months from now to bite your ass!

"JMI" > wrote in message
...
> Hello,
>
>
> When boot off the install cd and try to re-install XP I get the message:
>
> XP cannot recognize this partition?
>
> Why do I get this messgae? And why is my only course of action to delete
> the partition? There's nothing wrong with the partition that I can think
of
> since I'm currently running XP off of it. There are no disk errors nor is
> there anything wrong with the drive (Done a surface scan on it with
> Norton........ looooooooong.)
>
> Is there any way to fix this so that I don't have to delete the entire
> partition just to reinsall XP?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Jeff
>
>

[JMI]

Well, yeah, I don't have any choice right now but to do just that. It just
sucks to have to back up everything just to reinstall XP. And that
partition is currently formated as NTFS.

Thanks,

Jeff

"Crusty (-: Old ******* :-)" > wrote in
message ...
> You may have partition boundary errors that prevent the partition as being
> seen as a competent partition. To be 100% certain of your installation, I
> would delete the partition during the install process. Then I would create
a
> new one and format it as NTFS. If not, a problem may rear up a couple of
> months from now to bite your ass!
>
> "JMI" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> > When boot off the install cd and try to re-install XP I get the message:
> >
> > XP cannot recognize this partition?
> >
> > Why do I get this messgae? And why is my only course of action to
delete
> > the partition? There's nothing wrong with the partition that I can
think
> of
> > since I'm currently running XP off of it. There are no disk errors nor
is
> > there anything wrong with the drive (Done a surface scan on it with
> > Norton........ looooooooong.)
> >
> > Is there any way to fix this so that I don't have to delete the entire
> > partition just to reinsall XP?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> >
> > Jeff
> >
> >
>
>

[Crusty \(-: Old Bastard :-\)]

Happened to me once or twice over the years. There is no repairing it that I
have ever found out!

"JMI" > wrote in message
...
> Well, yeah, I don't have any choice right now but to do just that. It
just
> sucks to have to back up everything just to reinstall XP. And that
> partition is currently formated as NTFS.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
>
> "Crusty (-: Old ******* :-)" > wrote in
> message ...
> > You may have partition boundary errors that prevent the partition as
being
> > seen as a competent partition. To be 100% certain of your installation,
I
> > would delete the partition during the install process. Then I would
create
> a
> > new one and format it as NTFS. If not, a problem may rear up a couple of
> > months from now to bite your ass!
> >
> > "JMI" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > >
> > > When boot off the install cd and try to re-install XP I get the
message:
> > >
> > > XP cannot recognize this partition?
> > >
> > > Why do I get this messgae? And why is my only course of action to
> delete
> > > the partition? There's nothing wrong with the partition that I can
> think
> > of
> > > since I'm currently running XP off of it. There are no disk errors
nor
> is
> > > there anything wrong with the drive (Done a surface scan on it with
> > > Norton........ looooooooong.)
> > >
> > > Is there any way to fix this so that I don't have to delete the entire
> > > partition just to reinsall XP?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>