Good point, and one I should have addressed. While XP (or other version of
NT) will recognize partitions made by software such as FDISK and Partition
Magic, it is not the same as a partition made by the specific version of NT
disk manager. XP disk manager makes partition that are slightly different
from those made under NT 4, for example. So... it is best to create
partitions using the OS that you are intending to install. If, on the other
hand, you are trying to recover some data, then it does not matter what you
use as long as the end result is recovered data!

Peter
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Hugh, how did you go about creating the partition and formating the drive?
Did you use something other than the WinXP disk, itself?  I know that when I
tried to set up a partition and format using the drive manufacturer's
utilities and then copy files from the old disk to the new (again using the
manufacturer's utility) I couldn't get the drive to boot.  I ended up
starting from scratch with the WinXP disk and everything worked fine.  This
was an EIDE drive.  I think that during the partition process WinXP is doing
something that isn't completely clear to me.  Perhaps it has to do with that
small amount of space that always shows up as still unpartioned when it is
done.

John

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