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How to Install xp on Ubuntu 11.10..How to make a part of extended partition as primary partition ?

Asked by Ratna Prabhakar Chilakamarthi

Hi,

I want to install xp on Ubuntu 11.10..

i have 1 root, 1 home and 1 swap partition on my hard disk and there is an extended partition of 400 gb.

the extended partition is again divided into 3 partitions.

AA- ntfs - contains imp data
BB - ntfs - contsins data
CC. - ntfs formatted and free.

I wanted to install xp in CC partition. Even though it is ntfs formatted im unable to install xp. during xp installation its saying that its not an xp supportable format.

kindly help.

thanks in advance.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

I suggest you delete the CC partition and install there but exactly how is installing Windows XP an Ubuntu issue?

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Ratna Prabhakar Chilakamarthi (ch-ratnaprabhakar) said : 		#2

Hi.. when im installing windows xp on this partition CC its saying that this partitiion is not supported. Can you pls provide me further details on how to deal with this.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

How is this an Ubuntu issue? Your issue is with Windows.

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Ratna Prabhakar Chilakamarthi (ch-ratnaprabhakar) said : 		#4

ok. i understand.

can you pls tell me how to make CC a primary partition formatted IN NTFS FORMAT ?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

If you have 3 primary partitions and CC is a logical partition then you cannot convert it to a primary partition. You can install Windows to a logical partition, you just need to delete the partition and you can then tell the installer to install to it

Again, not an ubuntu problem.

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