Windows XP Setup doesn't recognize my Boot Camp partition! HELP!!!

I just got my MacBook two days ago, and as soon as I got it, the first thing I did was partition the hard drive using Boot Camp Assistant, but didn't have an XP installation disk, so just left the partitions until I got the disk. But then today I got a Windows XP Home Edition SP2 Install Disk. I followed all of the instructions in Boot Camp, and I started the setup. When I got to the menu that said to choose a partition, it only showed my Mac OS X partition and not the Boot Camp partition. The only partition there was Partition 1, file system unknown, and so I quit the setup and booted up into Mac, and deleted the partition, then made another one in Boot Camp Assistant. I then tried the setup again, and got the same exact thing. Has anybody else had this problem, and if you have, how did you resolve it? This is very annoying, and any help would be appreciated.

dcarmody wrote:
I called AppleCare and they told me that it is doing this because it is an OEM version that came with my sister's Dell. You need either a retail copy or the other type of OEM OS disk.
This is nonsense. I installed from an OEM disk yesterday. The Windows OEM & retail installation disks are barely any different.
Note that Microsoft maintain that legally, as per the EULA, you can't buy an OEM version yourself & install it, and also that the license sticker's key may only ever be used on the PC it was originally stuck to. Here in Europe they suffered a court defeat on that latter point - you certainly need a separate license key for each computer but it maybe transferrable if you uninstall from the original PC. Nevertheless, Microsoft still insist to anyone who pays them attention that this condition holds, and indeed your jurisdiction may vary.
Unfortunately, this makes it frustrating to argue with anyone who maintains that you can't use an OEM disk (but nevertheless OEM disks DO work - I have used them on multiple occasions).
Stroller

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