Many errors when installing windows XP

[Dan]

Okay now i just put together my first computer and i've
had some problems. Okay now the first one i had was due
the the HAL's i am uning an aopen mobo and 2 western
digital hard drives. i solved that problem. Now the
problems i am having is right before i start the
instaliation saying that there is a problem with the
partition and windows XP cannot be installed. I am usig a
20 gig hd with a fat32 partition. what should I do?
thanks, dan.

[TheKodachromeKid]

Dan,
Since you're using FAT32, you might try booting from a Windows 98 boot
diskette, then running the FDISK command. Choose to use large disk support,
then totally delete your existing partition by choosing that option from the
main FDISK menu. You'll want to then recreate the partition by choosing the
option to Create Primary DOS Partition. After that, press Escape, and
you'll be back at the A:\> DOS prompt. Turn off your computer with the boot
disk still in the machine, then turn it back on again. Choose to enable CD
support, then type in format c: /u/s .
Once it's done formatting reboot with the Windows XP CD in your CD drive.
Oh, disable your second hard drive before you try to install XP by removing
the ribbon cable and power plug. Once XP has been installed, you can add
the drive with no problem -- you can format it within Windows.
TKK

[Donald Link]

XP will not install on a Fat 32 partition.




"Dan" > wrote in message
...
> Okay now i just put together my first computer and i've
> had some problems. Okay now the first one i had was due
> the the HAL's i am uning an aopen mobo and 2 western
> digital hard drives. i solved that problem. Now the
> problems i am having is right before i start the
> instaliation saying that there is a problem with the
> partition and windows XP cannot be installed. I am usig a
> 20 gig hd with a fat32 partition. what should I do?
> thanks, dan.

[larry samuels MS-MVP \(XP Shell/User\)]

Absolutely incorrect--XP will install to FAT16, FAT32, or NTFS

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"Donald Link" > wrote in message
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> XP will not install on a Fat 32 partition.
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> "Dan" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Okay now i just put together my first computer and i've
> > had some problems. Okay now the first one i had was due
> > the the HAL's i am uning an aopen mobo and 2 western
> > digital hard drives. i solved that problem. Now the
> > problems i am having is right before i start the
> > instaliation saying that there is a problem with the
> > partition and windows XP cannot be installed. I am usig a
> > 20 gig hd with a fat32 partition. what should I do?
> > thanks, dan.
>
>

[johnf]

Wrong. Never upgraded an older OS with XP? It does install, you know.

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Johnf

> XP will not install on a Fat 32 partition.
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> "Dan" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Okay now i just put together my first computer and i've
>> had some problems. Okay now the first one i had was due
>> the the HAL's i am uning an aopen mobo and 2 western
>> digital hard drives. i solved that problem. Now the
>> problems i am having is right before i start the
>> instaliation saying that there is a problem with the
>> partition and windows XP cannot be installed. I am usig a
>> 20 gig hd with a fat32 partition. what should I do?
>> thanks, dan.

[TOM]

Oh, CRAP! I've been running XP Pro on two different FAT32 drives (the
first one died, mechanically) for almost 18 months now. I guess I need
to format and switch to NTFS... :<((

Tom - Vista, CA

Donald Link wrote:
> XP will not install on a Fat 32 partition.