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WinXP installation can't see new HDD?...Help!

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danzio

Junior Member
We finally are ready to install XP on the new HDD in the system we just built. I have been using the HDD from an older machine while waiting for the new drive and XP cd. I have formatted the new drive (Hitachi 160 gb SATA) and I can see that BIOS has no problem recognizing it. I remove the old drive and boot from CD. Setup goes thru a few processes and then tells me there is no hard drive installed. Installation aborts. I have run the Hitachi utility on the drive and it says all is well.
What are we not doing right?

Thanks for any help,
Dan and Nick
 
Before setup begins, you should see a message saying "Press F6 to install third-party drivers." Press F6 and insert a floppy disk containing the drivers for your SATA controller (they should be included with you motherboard or available on the web). Once this is done you can proceed with the install.
 
Thanks MrChad,
I remember now the driver disk included with the mobo, had forgotten.

Thanks again,:thumbsup:
Dan
 
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