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I have been able to install windows xp on the same drive numerous times in the past, and went today to reinstall windows after a backup hdd died. The windows drive didn't die, just the backup drive, so I installed the new drive and set it all up via another os which I mainly use. Went today to reinstall windows on that hard drive that already had windows installed on it and the windows xp partition manager tells me that the drive doesn't have a valid windows partition on it. So I go back a step, create a partition and try again and it tells me the same thing. I then decide to wipe the drive fully, a random pass and then a pass of all zeros. I try again and I get the same problem. I then try to format the drive in ntfs via a virtual disk and get the same problem. Tried Fat32 even and get the same problem.
Any idea on what is stopping windows from wanting to install on this disk.
Any idea on what is stopping windows from wanting to install on this disk.