Basic storage uses NORMAL partition tables supported by MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows 95,Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows MILLENNIUM Edition (Me), Microsoft WindowsNT, Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. A disk INITIALIZED forBasic storage is called a basic disk. A basic disk contains basic volumes, such as primaryPartitions, extended partitions, and logical drives. Additionally, basic volumes includemultidisk volumes that are created by using Windows NT 4.0 or earlier, such as volumesets, STRIPE sets, mirror sets, and stripe sets with parity. Windows XP does not supportthese multidisk basic volumes. Any volume sets, stripe sets, mirror sets, or stripe sets withparity must be backed up and deleted or converted to dynamic disks before you installWindows XP PROFESSIONAL.

Basic storage uses normal partition tables supported by MS-DOS, Microsoft Windows 95,Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me), Microsoft WindowsNT, Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP. A disk initialized forBasic storage is called a basic disk. A basic disk contains basic volumes, such as primaryPartitions, extended partitions, and logical drives. Additionally, basic volumes includemultidisk volumes that are created by using Windows NT 4.0 or earlier, such as volumesets, stripe sets, mirror sets, and stripe sets with parity. Windows XP does not supportthese multidisk basic volumes. Any volume sets, stripe sets, mirror sets, or stripe sets withparity must be backed up and deleted or converted to dynamic disks before you installWindows XP Professional.