Manzar Posted September 23, 2006 Report Share Posted September 23, 2006 Hi,I have recently assemled a new computer. It has Intel Pentium D Processor 805. Now when I am trying to install XP on my computer it says that my hdd doenst have windows compatible partion & I need to partition again. I have tried deleting the partion & creating a new a one & I still get the same error. I have formatted the hdd in fat32 & NTFS still I am getting the same error. My hdd is an old segate 10 GB. I have tried windows XP with SP2, Windows XP x64 bit both. Still I am getting same error. Also from the bios setup I have enabled 32 bit data transfer but still no change. Can anyone help me here?Manzar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan2273 Posted September 23, 2006 Report Share Posted September 23, 2006 Apologies if you have allready tried this.Looks like you created an unformatted partition there.Usually in Windows XP setup, you have a HDD right.. then when you launch setup by booting computer with it, you you continue to do fresh install option.On the partition screen, you could possibly see these:- Unformatted / Raw partition- Unpartition spaceWhat you may want to do is highlight the raw / unformatted, then press D on the keyboard to delete it (recommended to delete all partitions if you dont need any old data), follow the prompts to delete the partition, then you will get back to the partition screen.Where it will show large single chunk of unpartitioned space, you can then press C button on keyboard to create partition, just accept the default partition size, then continue on as the instructions on the screen says, when it asks you to format the partition, choose NTFS (not the quick NTFS format though) and things should go well from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manzar Posted September 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 23, 2006 I have tried the same thing but it also doesnt work. When I delete an old partition and creatre a new one it doesn't give me any option of what the file type would be, it just allows me to choose the size. So for this reason I have formatted my hdd in NTFS format in a different machine & tried to install again, but still I am getting uncompatible partition error. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djohn Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Hello Manzar and welcome to the forum. Are you booting from the XP disk and selecting new install/format from there or using a boot floppy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manzar Posted September 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 HiI am using XP CD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 I avoid using second user HDDs on a new computer build for exactly the reasons you describe, Manzar.I have had so much trouble in the past with people wanting me to salvage bits from an old machine and then having loads of problems trying to get it to work in a new environment that I've decided it's just not worth it.If you have a new build machine, go that little bit further and give it a new, unused "C" drive. When you have that installed, you can put the old drive in as a second one and then format, and/or partition if you wish, as you want to.Hard drives are not expensive now and as you've spent money on a new build, it is definitely worthwhile starting with all new components. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason.b.c Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Hard drives are not expensive now and as you've spent money on a new build, it is definitely worthwhile starting with all new components.There not..!???? I beg to differ..Around here to you can't get anything smaller than a 40gb and will set you back around 70-80 dollars or so , That's alot of darn money if you ask me..Besides that, Why would you really need anything any bigger than that..??Why does he need a new hard drive..? , Just use the one he's got now and just let the windows installer do all of the partitioning and such , not formating and partitioning in another computer and then switching ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted September 24, 2006 Report Share Posted September 24, 2006 Differ as much as you like, Jason but, someone who has spent an appreciable amount of money building a new machine shouldn't baulk at the idea of spending a proportionately very small amount extra to get a new HDD.Regarding the word "expensive", I can remember a time when a 64KB (note KiloByte) hard disk drive cost around £500 (about $900). The drives were about 15 inches in diameter and 2 inches thick - with a correspondingly heavy weight.Why does he need a new hard drive..?Because the one he's trying to use is causing problems in setting it up to accept an operating system.Around here to you can't get anything smaller than a 40gb [ ]Besides that, Why would you really need anything any bigger than that..??Lots of applications can use 40GB of hard drive space in a very short time. Video work needs hundreds of GB processing and storage space if you're making videos of more than a few seconds duration - if you want it to function successfully.Lots of people use hard drives for storing large files such as photographs, music files etc. 40GB can disappear very quickly in those circumstances. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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