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Is the 25Gb partition the first partition?
Windows will by default install on the first partition.
Do a repair install and attempt to fix MBR. FixmbrRepairs the master boot
record of the boot disk. The fixmbr command is only available when you are
using the Recovery Console.
fixmbr [device_name]
Parameter
device_name
The device (drive) on which you want to write a new master boot record. The
name can be obtained from the output of the map command. An example of a
device name is:
\Device\HardDisk0.
Example
The following example writes a new master boot record to the device specified:
fixmbr \Device\HardDisk0
Notes
If you do not specify a device_name, a new master boot record will be
written to the boot device, which is the drive on which your primary system
is loaded.
If an invalid or nonstandard partition table signature is detected, you will
be prompted whether you want to continue. If you are not having problems
accessing your drives, you should not continue. Writing a new master boot
record to your system partition could damage your partition tables and cause
your partitions to become inaccessible.
Now if you're not confident with this, get your 98 startup disk and run
FDISK. Delete every partition and format the disk as one partition.
At this time use the XP CD and start the installation over again. During
the XP inbstallation you can then choose to partition prior to installation.
XP is very particular about the MBR and the information is specific to the
installtion, hence once Windows system will put different information into
the MBR which will be incompatible with another. This doesn't apply to
secondary drives where there isn't an operating system, so a USB external
drive can be mved from one XP installation to another. Just the MBR of the
system disk.
"dhschultz" wrote:
> partitioned / formatted maxtor 80 gb drive into 5
> partitions on another xp pro computer, largest partition
> 25gb (5, 15, 15, 15).
> installed drive into new computer, doing clean install by
> booting from cdrom xp disc. after initial file copy, "an
> error occurred while setup was updating partition info
> on: 78160 mb disk 0 @id 0 on bus 0 on atapi [MBR]. setup
> cannot continue. to quit setup, press f3."
> how work around this one - install win 98 first, then
> upgrade?
> r/s
>
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