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From: aa on 2 May 2010 11:22
Have HP Pavioin with VISTA, one physical drive (C:) with four partitions on
it.
C: is the one with VISTA
D: recovery
E and F - logical partitions for data storage.
Want to install XP into one of the existong partitions.
However when the installation process come to the screen to select a
partition it shows no partition at all. Instead it shows four things which
look like drive placeholders, each saying that there is no drive in it


From: Bernd on 2 May 2010 12:49


-------- Original-Nachricht --------

> Have HP Pavioin with VISTA, one physical drive (C:) with four partitions on
> it.
> C: is the one with VISTA
> D: recovery
> E and F - logical partitions for data storage.
> Want to install XP into one of the existong partitions.
> However when the installation process come to the screen to select a
> partition it shows no partition at all. Instead it shows four things which
> look like drive placeholders, each saying that there is no drive in it
>
>

The partition to you want install XP MUST be a primary partition, not a
logical one.

Bernd
From: PA Bear [MS MVP] on 2 May 2010 13:51
[crosspost enough?]

aa wrote:
> Have HP Pavioin with VISTA, one physical drive (C:) with four partitions
> on
> it.
> C: is the one with VISTA
> D: recovery
> E and F - logical partitions for data storage.
> Want to install XP into one of the existong partitions.
> However when the installation process come to the screen to select a
> partition it shows no partition at all. Instead it shows four things which
> look like drive placeholders, each saying that there is no drive in it

From: aa on 2 May 2010 14:11

"Bernd" <fake(a)gmx.de> wrote in message
news:emAz7dh6KHA.5016(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...

> The partition to you want install XP MUST be a primary partition, not a
> logical one.

I appreciate that, but the XP set up disk usually allows even to create a
partition. At leats it should see the existing primary partition VISTA is
on, but it sees nothing.


From: philo on 2 May 2010 15:39
On 05/02/2010 11:49 AM, Bernd wrote:
>
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
>
>> Have HP Pavioin with VISTA, one physical drive (C:) with four
>> partitions on it.
>> C: is the one with VISTA
>> D: recovery
>> E and F - logical partitions for data storage.
>> Want to install XP into one of the existong partitions.
>> However when the installation process come to the screen to select a
>> partition it shows no partition at all. Instead it shows four things
>> which look like drive placeholders, each saying that there is no drive
>> in it
>>
>
> The partition to you want install XP MUST be a primary partition, not a
> logical one.
>
> Bernd


Not true

XP can be installed on any partition

but the boot files must always be on the active primary...

In this case it would more than likely destroy the Win7 boot loader however
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