XP reinstall problem

After installing XP on my C drive, it somehow became an extended partition.

Yesterday I installed Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition to my D drive
with 10 GB on it and formatted it NTFS. In the process it wiped out
everything on my C drive but didn't bother my E drive with 18 GB (NTFS). I
can live with that loss, but now it's not letting me reinstall XP on my C
drive. Whenever I bootup with Windows XP pro in the CD ROM, it says "Boot
from CD:" I press enter. Nothing, it doesn't let me type anything - and then
boots up Server 2003.

How can I install XP on the C drive? (I have now converted all three drives
to 'Dynamic')
Can anyone help? Thanks!

--
Mala

If you converted your system disk to dynamic, it was a bad decision (IMHO).
You usually convert system disk to dynamic if you wish to use software
mirror or if you wish to have volumes (spanned volumes, striped volumes
etc.). Support of dynamic disks on WinXP excludes fault tolerant
configurations (mirrors, RAID5 volumes).

You may wish to read
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/309044

<quote>
If your disk contains multiple installations of Windows XP Professional or
Windows 2000, do not convert to a dynamic disk. The conversion operation
removes partition entries for all partitions on the disk with the exception
of the system and boot volumes for the current operating system.
</quote>

Your best choice would be to back up your data, wipe the system disk clean
and start from the beginning. Restore your data when you are finished with
installing OS(s) and software.

Caution. If your volume(s) span several physical disks, loosing one physical
disk may leave you without all your data on these volume(s).

Dusko Savatovic

"Mala" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2B03FB47-1EF5-49C0-B956-(E-Mail Removed)...
> After installing XP on my C drive, it somehow became an extended
> partition.
>
> Yesterday I installed Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition to my D drive
> with 10 GB on it and formatted it NTFS. In the process it wiped out
> everything on my C drive but didn't bother my E drive with 18 GB (NTFS). I
> can live with that loss, but now it's not letting me reinstall XP on my C
> drive. Whenever I bootup with Windows XP pro in the CD ROM, it says "Boot
> from CD:" I press enter. Nothing, it doesn't let me type anything - and
> then
> boots up Server 2003.
>
> How can I install XP on the C drive? (I have now converted all three
> drives
> to 'Dynamic')
> Can anyone help? Thanks!
>
> --
> Mala