RE: installation: HD not recognized
From: Andrew E. (eckrichco_at_msn.com)
Date: 02/17/05
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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 16:41:02 -0800
If its a SATA drive,youll need to use the F6 option on booting to xp cd,if
its an IDE drive,download power max,install to a floppy,boot to floppy,in pwr
max,do a low-level format,then quit pwrmax,retry installing xp,it should be
recognized after the format.
"Dylan1070" wrote:
> Hi, my PC started behaving very sluggishly today so I have been trying to
> re-install XP Home Edition as part of a clean-up solution. When I boot from
> the installation CD, however, I get the same error message: "Windows did not
> detect any hard drive installed on this computer...." Now, the BIOS correctly
> identifies the hard drive (a brand new Maxtor) during its start-up routine,
> so this implies that the hard drive IS detectable and that the pathway from
> the CPU to the hard drive is also working. I've re-installed XP on this and
> other desktops several times in the past and haven't seen this message
> before. Are there any hardware issues that I should check on?
>
> Thanks for any ideas and advice!
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