It's a lot more problematic to install windows after linux then the other
way around.  Windows wants to mess with the boot sector.

might check this out:
http://www.geocities.com/epark/linux/grub-w2k-HOWTO.html

Mike

On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 3:34 PM, John covici <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi all.  I am trying to install Windows XP on a system which has
> partition 1 as an ntfs empty partition, and other partitions of the
> disk have Linux on them.  When I try to do this, after hitting enter
> to select the partition, I get  a message saying that the disk has no
> XP compatible partition.  I even tried deleteing and creating a
> partition from the windows setup screen and itdid not do any good
> along with messing up the partition table.  Anyone have a clue?
>
> Thanks.
>
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