Windows Installer Wont recognize partition

Hi people,
I partitioned my Hard drive through boot camp with out any problems (the partition for BOOT CAMP is 20 gb)
When I go through the windows installer it only sees the one partition for the entire drive it is called untitled
Im not sure if i have the SP2, the disc is an MDG branded(that may be my problem) but doesn't say SP2 on it anywhere,
Please help me with this

Hi Paul,
to check if your XP CD is containing the SP2, you can look at the root directory of the CD for a file named 'win51ip.sp2'.
If it is there then SP2 is included if not, you can follow these instructions for 'slipstreaming' the SP2 http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxpsp2slipstream.asp
I am not sure, what 'MDG branded' is, but it could be that the CD is not a single full installation CD but rather a 'Recovery-CD' which only works with the computer it originally came with.
Stefan

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