- Re: ME upgrading to XP-pro cannot partition c-drive in it
- Posted by Lil' Dave on October 19th, 2005
Suggest you go to newsgroup:
microsoft.public.windowsxp.general with your question. You will get better
information as this is really an XP installation question. Have forwarded
the contents to that newsgroup.
"Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message
news:O4jcMRE1FHA.2792@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> Tell us about the available space on your hard drive other than the
current
> partition.
>
> "petrinka" <petrinka@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7D3A7CC9-593B-492B-87B5-5AC8B0FEC31F@microsoft.com...
> > I am trying to install XP on an ME machine and it keeps saying the
c-drive
> is
> > corrupt so I set it to completely install instead of upgrade and it
still
> > gives me the same problem... I thought perhaps I could create a
partition
> > during the instalation process as it asks if you want to do that but
when
> I
> > select that option nothing happens and no partition is created......
> > any ideas? am I barking up the wrong tree and partitioning wont fix the
> > problem anyway?
> >
> > thank you
>
>
- Posted by Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers on October 19th, 2005
Best thing to do here is run a drive diagnostic, something that is usually
freely downloadable from the web site of the drive or system manufacturer.
It will tell the user the state of the drive, and see if it's a candidate
for replacement. WindowsXP is far less fault tolerant than the various
iterations of Win9X, and will balk at installing where WinME/98 run just
fine if the hardware is flakey.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message
news:u7ZrFJJ1FHA.3720@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Suggest you go to newsgroup:
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general with your question. You will get
> better
> information as this is really an XP installation question. Have forwarded
> the contents to that newsgroup.
>
> "Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message
> news:O4jcMRE1FHA.2792@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Tell us about the available space on your hard drive other than the
> current
>> partition.
>>
>> "petrinka" <petrinka@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7D3A7CC9-593B-492B-87B5-5AC8B0FEC31F@microsoft.com...
>> > I am trying to install XP on an ME machine and it keeps saying the
> c-drive
>> is
>> > corrupt so I set it to completely install instead of upgrade and it
> still
>> > gives me the same problem... I thought perhaps I could create a
> partition
>> > during the instalation process as it asks if you want to do that but
> when
>> I
>> > select that option nothing happens and no partition is created......
>> > any ideas? am I barking up the wrong tree and partitioning wont fix the
>> > problem anyway?
>> >
>> > thank you
>>
>>
>
>
- Posted by Yves Leclerc on October 19th, 2005
If the hard drive already has an existing partition and there is no un-used
disk space, you can not create a new partition. Windows does not allow you
to resize old partitions. You need to delete the partition first and then
let XP try to create a new partition. Please note that this normally erases
all files from the drive, so take a back copy of your important files.
"Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message
news:u7ZrFJJ1FHA.3720@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> Suggest you go to newsgroup:
> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general with your question. You will get
> better
> information as this is really an XP installation question. Have forwarded
> the contents to that newsgroup.
>
> "Lil' Dave" <spamyourself@virus.net> wrote in message
> news:O4jcMRE1FHA.2792@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
>> Tell us about the available space on your hard drive other than the
> current
>> partition.
>>
>> "petrinka" <petrinka@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7D3A7CC9-593B-492B-87B5-5AC8B0FEC31F@microsoft.com...
>> > I am trying to install XP on an ME machine and it keeps saying the
> c-drive
>> is
>> > corrupt so I set it to completely install instead of upgrade and it
> still
>> > gives me the same problem... I thought perhaps I could create a
> partition
>> > during the instalation process as it asks if you want to do that but
> when
>> I
>> > select that option nothing happens and no partition is created......
>> > any ideas? am I barking up the wrong tree and partitioning wont fix the
>> > problem anyway?
>> >
>> > thank you
>>
>>
>
>
