Trying to install windows xp on soyo mb..incompatible windows partition???

jeeplaw

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Hey guys, here's my situation: Installed a Soyo Pi845pe lite into my brother's computer. Wiped one of his drives. Go to create a new partition at the windows install screen..looks like it created it fine..however, I am given no option to format it??!? Right..so if I go ahead and try installing onto that partition it gives me a "incompitable partition format" and kicks me back to the partition screen...with no option to format again.

Ok, so I throw that drive into my other brother's computer, run partition magic on it, set up an ntfs partition, throw back into my other brother's computer again to try the install...no go! Gives me the same freaking message.

Now, the PE version of this board requires a highpoint 371 controller. I know there is the option to install 3rd party raid/scsi drivers in the beginning of the install, but nowhere does it list the highpoint in the specs for the LITE version of the board.

Anybody run into this sort of problem before? Thanks.