Win XP repair problems

[John Morrison]

I have a Dell desktop with Win XP Pro and a 120 GB hard drive that is
partitioned C through K. I've been trying to do a repair but keep getting
stuck at the install to the 120 GB Partition1 or create a new partition
option. I just got off the phone with Dell and fellow said that they don't
support partitions but that he thought the partitions would be lost if I
continued with either option.

I'd sure appreciate any suggestions,

Thanks,

John

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi John,

Why are you trying to repair? The message sounds like the recovery disks is
not recognizing the partitions.

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"John Morrison" > wrote in message
...
> I have a Dell desktop with Win XP Pro and a 120 GB hard drive that is
> partitioned C through K. I've been trying to do a repair but keep getting
> stuck at the install to the 120 GB Partition1 or create a new partition
> option. I just got off the phone with Dell and fellow said that they
don't
> support partitions but that he thought the partitions would be lost if I
> continued with either option.
>
> I'd sure appreciate any suggestions,
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
>

[Yves Leclerc]

You need at least one partition before you can install XP, so Dell's
statement that they do not support partitions is faulse. They may not
support multiple partitions.

"John Morrison" > wrote in message
...
> I have a Dell desktop with Win XP Pro and a 120 GB hard drive that is
> partitioned C through K. I've been trying to do a repair but keep getting
> stuck at the install to the 120 GB Partition1 or create a new partition
> option. I just got off the phone with Dell and fellow said that they
don't
> support partitions but that he thought the partitions would be lost if I
> continued with either option.
>
> I'd sure appreciate any suggestions,
>
> Thanks,
>
> John
>
>

[Brian Coats]

If the computer came with multiple partitions. They must support it.

Unless it no longer under warranty

Brian

>On Fri, 12 Mar 2004 10:38:21 -0500, "Yves Leclerc" > wrote:

>You need at least one partition before you can install XP, so Dell's
>statement that they do not support partitions is faulse. They may not
>support multiple partitions.
>
>"John Morrison" > wrote in message
...
>> I have a Dell desktop with Win XP Pro and a 120 GB hard drive that is
>> partitioned C through K. I've been trying to do a repair but keep getting
>> stuck at the install to the 120 GB Partition1 or create a new partition
>> option. I just got off the phone with Dell and fellow said that they
>don't
>> support partitions but that he thought the partitions would be lost if I
>> continued with either option.
>>
>> I'd sure appreciate any suggestions,
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>
>