Re: Xp Pro Will Not Recognize My HDD (but my BIOS will)

From: Mike Kolitz (mikekol_at_idontlikespam.mvps.org)
Date: 08/24/04 

Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2004 17:16:28 -0500

It's been my experience with SATA drives that you need to provide Setup with
a driver during bootup (F6) before it will recognize them. Check to see if
a floppy disk was provided for you with your hard drive that may contain the
drivers. 

-- 
Mike Kolitz MCSE 2000
MS-MVP - Windows Setup / Deployment
"Jim" <JScorpio1887@aol.com> wrote in message 
news:559801c48a1c$cbfab8a0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>I have a 200G Western Digital Cavair S-ATA 150 HDD with a
> Soyo K8USA motherboard, and when I try to install XP Pro
> on my computer, the installation stops because XP thinks
> I have no HDD. However, my computer BIOS recognizes the
> HDD, and even identifyies the exact size, model, and
> manufacter so I know that the problem is not caused by a
> loose cable. I've tried everything I can think of. PLEASE
> HELP!!

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