"bbersted" <bbersted@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F26F4835-8AA3-4F11-A3DD-9D896A595EFC@microsoft.com...
>I use a third party disk partition program ( Paragon Partition Manager) to
> partition and format my HD, Installing Windows XP home on a partitioned
> and
> NTFS formatted (NTFS) HD works fine. The partitioning and formatting
> schemes
> are recognized and installation proceeds smoothly. However, XP Pro is a
> different story. When I get to the screen where the partitions are
> displayed
> during installation, no partitions are displayed, but the only the total
> amount of unformatted unused space. My only option is to create a new
> partition from this unused space ( which apparently spans all my
> preexisting
> partitions or to exit the installation.
>
> Why is XP Home able to see existing partitions and the XP PRO not?
> Additionally, how can I use the third party partitioning program to
> partition
> and format while installing XP pro on a preexisting partition .
>
> Thanks in Advance
> bbersted
>

WinXP Home and WinXP Professionals use the same engine when it comes to
detecting file systems. There is some other difference that you may not be
aware of and that is not apparent from your report.