nt installation problems

Hello

My hard drive has the following hard drive structure:

Primary Partition 1 - FAT32 (1 GB)
Primary partition 2 - NTFS (Windows 2000) - 3.5 GB


I would like to install Windows NT onto partition 1.
After logically formatting partition 1 as FAT32, i set it as the active
parttion and reboot to the NT setup disks

I select partition 1 as the installation partition and i get the message:


"Setup was unable to format the partition. The disk may be damaged. Make
sure the drive is switched on and properly connected to

your computer. If the disk is a SCSI disk, make sure your SCSI devices are
properly terminated. Consult your computer or SCSI

adapter documentation for more information.
You will have to select a different partition for Windows NT. Press ENTER to
continue. "

I tried deleting partition 1 and creating an identical one in its place, but
i got this message:


" Setup has encountered a fatal error that prevents it from continuing.
Contact your prodct support representative for
assistance. The follwoing status codes will assist them for diagnosing the
problem
<0x5, 0, 0x1> "

What am I doing wrong? Any advice would be appreciated.

Martin

"Placek" <> wrote in message
news:2465693C-317D-4E27-B757-
....
> What am I doing wrong? Any advice would be appreciated.


Posting in the wrong newsgroup. Try windowsnt.setup instead.
And if you really want to install NT4 in a partition it must be
either FAT or NTFS not FAT32.


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> Hello
>
> My hard drive has the following hard drive structure:
>
> Primary Partition 1 - FAT32 (1 GB)
> Primary partition 2 - NTFS (Windows 2000) - 3.5 GB
>
>
> I would like to install Windows NT onto partition 1.
> After logically formatting partition 1 as FAT32, i set it as the active
> parttion and reboot to the NT setup disks
>
> I select partition 1 as the installation partition and i get the message:
>
>
> "Setup was unable to format the partition. The disk may be damaged. Make
> sure the drive is switched on and properly connected to
>
> your computer. If the disk is a SCSI disk, make sure your SCSI devices are
> properly terminated. Consult your computer or SCSI
>
> adapter documentation for more information.
> You will have to select a different partition for Windows NT. Press ENTER to
> continue. "
>
> I tried deleting partition 1 and creating an identical one in its place, but
> i got this message:
>
>
> " Setup has encountered a fatal error that prevents it from continuing.
> Contact your prodct support representative for
> assistance. The follwoing status codes will assist them for diagnosing the
> problem
> <0x5, 0, 0x1> "
>
> What am I doing wrong? Any advice would be appreciated.
>
> Martin
>
>
>
>