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

Have a read of those tutorials:

Dual Boot Installation with Windows Vista and XP
SATA Drivers - Load in Windows XP Setup on Dual Boot - Windows 7 Forums
SATA Drivers - Slipstream into Windows XP CD - Windows 7 Forums

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> 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

"Bernd" <fake@newsgroup> wrote in message
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> 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.

In the first tutorial I cannot proceed for the same reason I mentioned in my
original post/

The computer Manager-->Storage-->Disk Management shows 3 primary partitions
but XP Installation CD does not see them.

I also tried the w2k disk - it also aborted saying that no disk drive is
found. VISTA still works without a drive!


"theog" <guest@newsgroup-email.com> wrote in message
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>
> Have a read of those tutorials:
>
> Dual Boot Installation with Windows Vista and XP
> 'SATA Drivers - Load in Windows XP Setup on Dual Boot - Windows 7
> Forums'
> (http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...dual-boot.html)
> 'SATA Drivers - Slipstream into Windows XP CD - Windows 7 Forums'
> (http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials...ows-xp-cd.html)
>
>
> --
> theog

Have a read of No2

SATA Drivers - Load in Windows XP Setup on Dual Boot - Windows 7 Forums

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>
> XP can be installed on any partition
>
> but the boot files must always be on the active primary...
>

Using the standard setup ?

Bernd