brian8010

OK, I am trying to install XP but I am having problem. My HD has 6 partitions (2 of which are extended). I want to install XP on to one of the extended partitions which are both 20GB respectively. All my attempts so far have ended in failure. Everything is fine until I get asked which partition I want to install XP to in setup. It reads my drive tables fine, and I can delete my target partition and then create a new one, but only as raw space, not as an NTFS filesystem (FAT32 is not an option as well). Obviously I cant install Windows without one of those 2 filesystems. I have tried booting into my other OS and formatting the partition as NTFS but it only offers 'NTFS Volume Set.' I am thinking about trying to get some sort of DOS installation on that partition (FreeDos?) then install XP with the help of a 98 cd.... but if XP cannot even run on an extended partition it that would all be for nothing. I was also thinking of trying to work some magic through the recovery console... Anyway I guess Im asking 2 things: 1) can XP (or any Windows) run on an extended partition and if so... 2) how can I get the install to work correctly (ie format the drive to NTFS and then install XP) Thanks for any help/insights you guys might have. Brian