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Windows XP installation problem..this disk does not contain a Windows XP-compatible partition error?

  • after i start the setup the following comes... XP Home Edition Setup The following list shows the existing partitions and unpartitioned space on this computer. Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to select an item in the list. To set up Windows XP on the selected item, press ENTER. To create a partition in the unpartitioned space, press C. To delete the selected partition, press D. 76317 MB Disk 0 at Id1 on bus 0 on atapi [MBR] unpatition space - 8mb C: Partition1[unknown] 9554 mb D: Partition2[unknown] 19101mb E: Partition3[FAT32] 47654mb If I press ENTER to install (in C: and D:), this screen appears... /// Windows XP Home Edition Setup To install Windows XP on the partition you selected, Setup must write some startup files to the following disk: 76317 MB Disk 0 at Id1 on bus 0 on atapi [MBR] However, this disk does not contain a Windows XP-compatible partition. To continue installing Windows XP, retrn to the partition selection screen and create a Windows XP-compatible partition on the disk above. If there is no free space on the disk, delete an existing partition, and then create a new one. To return to the partition selection screen, press ENTER. /// "Now i have deleted and created c: still the same...the same problem is with D: and E:(not deleted)" "i do not want to delete E as it contains important files" plz help... Kindly be more elaborate as i m a new to these things... your help is very much appreciated thankyou

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brother if you have linux os, any kind of it. just put th os and format your disk using linux installation cd. by fat32. better you go for ubuntu . then you can fix your error.

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use Partition magic software for partition your hard disk. then install Os it will work.

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When the screen says: To set up Windows XP on the selected item, press ENTER. To create a partition in the unpartitioned space, press C. To delete the selected partition, press D. 76317 MB Disk 0 at Id1 on bus 0 on atapi [MBR] unpatition space - 8mb C: Partition1[unknown] 9554 mb D: Partition2[unknown] 19101mb E: Partition3[FAT32] 47654mb Just goto c: and press C instead of enter. Then a screen will appear asking you to choose the size, just press enter and then on the next screen, choose NTFS quick format. Formatting will begin and then when it asks you the partition on which to install XXP, select C: and press ENTER.

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