CANT INSTALL XP

tumbleweedldc · 10 Sep 2006 at 15:52

Hi people
just purchased a seagate 250 gig 7200.10 sata 11 i have partitioned the drive 80 gig for windows and left the rest for data the drive is formated but when i try to install xp it all goes ok till the first reboot then it says error cant load os.
been trying for the last 4 hours no luck at all put my spinpoint sata back in no probs think i need help here
Thanks

gurusan · 10 Sep 2006 at 15:53

For some reason it's trying to boot off the wrong partition.

Why make 2 partitions at all?

tumbleweedldc · 10 Sep 2006 at 15:56

i was going to use the second partition for backups and music etc then if xp goes wrong i dont loose all my data

ns400r · 10 Sep 2006 at 19:11

Not forgetting the SATA drivers during setup are you ?

Steve09 · 10 Sep 2006 at 19:22

Why bother partitioning?

Just get a 2nd hard drive solely for music and stuff.
I saw 160GB internet HDD for £39.99 @ CP Wrold

Worth checking it out