RE: installation: HD not recognized
From: Dylan1070 (Dylan1070_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/17/05
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Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2005 18:37:01 -0800
Hi, Andrew - thanks for the response. I think the problem may be more serious
than I had originally believed.
I was able to format the new Maxtor drive (it's an Ultra, BTW, thanks for
the suggestion) and then inserted the Win XP install disk. The initial Set Up
process completed but, upon rebot, the OS failed to start and I got a
blue-screen msg that said my hard drive was either infected with a virus or
corrupted and, to avoid inflicting damage on my computer, it would abort
finishing the install process.
This error message also appears when I re-connect the original hard drive
and try to boot from it.
Don't know what could be causing this. The BIOS appears to be functioning
correctly - I am able to detect all drives through it, able to read CPU
temperature, etc. But I have noticed one symptom in particular: When I first
boot up the PC, the initial splash screen is very, very slow. Normally, it
says "Detecting IDE drives..." and completes the process within 3 seconds and
then moves on to load XP. But now it's taking about 30 seconds to complete.
The information appears to be correct -- the amount of RAM, the names and
characteristics of the attached devices... just very slow.
Maybe something is hosed in the RAM or the CPU itself...?
"Andrew E." wrote:
> 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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