I am running dual boot with windows 7 and windows xp pro sp2. I am trying to format windows xp which is located in local disk (C
but when I try to format it from windows 7 in Disk Management, an error comes up saying "Windows cannot format the system partition on this disk" and when I try formatting it from My Computer by right clicking on Local Disk C the menu comes up for formatting but once I click Start it says "Windows was unable to complete the format. I've also tried to do the Mark Partition as Active method from Disk Management but it's unable to be clicked. Any help here please?