IDE drive does not exist or all primary partitions are occupied!!

I have installed WINXP 32BITS Home Edition along with drivers and other necessary softwares. After I download the Xpress Recovery2 (latest: Ver.1.01.070817) image (*.iso) and burned it into a CD, here are the step I performed:

1. Insert the CD
2. Reboot my machine
3. Press F9 the first time
4. Press continue
5. Press any key to load the Xpress Recovery2
6. I see the initial blue screen of Xpress Recovery2
7. I received the following message:
IDE drive doesn't exist or all primary partitions are occupied

Here is my BIOS settings:
IDE controller: Enabled
SATA: Enabled
Boot Priority: 1. CD, 2. HDD

Hardware Configuration
SATA #0: SATA Hard Drive
SATA #1: DVD Burner/Reader

I have only one SATA hard drive (500GB) with 250GB as the system primary partition. The rest (250GB) is unallocated space.



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Model Name : GA-EP45-UD3L(rev. 1.0)

M/B Rev : 1.0
BIOS Ver : F4

VGA: XFX 9600GT
CPU Brand : Intel Model : Q9550 Stock Speed : 2.83
Operation System : Win XP SP3
Memory Brand : Mushkin XP-8500 2GB x 2
Power Supply : 650 W

I've tried out that feature before. I'm not sure why it doesn't work for you.

If it's any consolation, back up and restore is extremely slow compared to my
experiences with more able imaging programs. So slow in fact as to be unusable.
Several hours for an almost empty (OS only) 80gig drive, can't imagine what
250 gb would be like, a week perhaps!

If you can't get it to work for you, don't feel too bad.