Cant boot winxp installed to hdc3.

I cant boot WinXP. I have just installed it to hdc3 (equivalent to (hd2.2) for grub), and this is what I put in menu.lst:
(1) WindowsXP
title WindowsXP
map (hd0) (hd2)
map (hd2) (hd0)
rootnoverify (hd0,2)
makeactive
chainloader +1
but this only results in message:
Selected device does not exist.
I have tried all sorts of combinations, such as putting rootnoverify (hd2,2) before the map lines, etc. Searched other forums, google... But nothing.
The other message I get from some other combinations is:
Invalid or unsupported executable format.
any help?
edit: the hdc3 partition is also set to be bootable

thats what i originally used, but of course its:
selected device does not exist
what's goofy?
http://www.google.com/search?client=ope … q=grub+map

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s1ln7m4s7r wrote:
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so is there any way for me to salvage the installations ?
[edit] I forgot to mention the 1007k free space at the start ( i have edited the original post)
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