**Official ABIT IP-35 Pro Review/Overclock/Guide Thread**

[Ace-a-Rue]

Primary and active are not the same. The partition also has to be the active partition. When I made the partition for my Vista install I set it to be a primary partition like you normally would. After numerous attempts, deletions and repartitioning with the Vista disk, and always getting the same error, I booted back to XP. Using the disk management utility in XP I happened to right-click the partition, which was already labeled as primary, and saw the option to make the partition "active". I rebooted back to the Vista install disk and installation went on this time without a hitch. I am now courious as to how my XP partition is set. I will go and check and post back.

i think the way to do it in the vista install is to delete the partition with vista's tools and then make the partition again...it should work then.