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Need help installing Windows XP Professional!
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I need help installing Windows XP Professional on a computer because every time I go to install it, it says that I have no hard drives installed. So could someone help me! Need many solutions!
Last edited by bjc3121991; Sep 4th, 2006 at 5:06 pm.
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Originally Posted by bjc3121991 
I need help installing Windows XP Professional on a computer because every time I go to install it, it says that I have no hard drives installed. So could someone help me! Need many solutions!
Last edited by cscgal; Jun 4th, 2007 at 2:35 pm. Reason: Excessive bbcode removed per forum rules
I had Windows Server 2003 because the computer was a gift. My computer then crashed and I wanted to install Windows XP Professional. I have never had problems before while trying to install Windows XP Professional. I have the disk ready I just need to know why it keeps telling me that I have no hard disk drives installed.
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Originally Posted by bjc3121991
I had Windows Server 2003 because the computer was a gift. My computer then crashed and I wanted to install Windows XP Professional. I have never had problems before while trying to install Windows XP Professional. I have the disk ready I just need to know why it keeps telling me that I have no hard disk drives installed.
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hi bjc3121991, and welcome to daniweb!
it looks like you install windows on a sata drive and windows can't find sata controller driver. so at first you need to make a sata controller driver installation floppy, ususally it's delivered with motherboard, if it's not it can be made by your self, you need a MoBo cd and on it you can find an utility to make such floppies, or go to your mobo's manufacturer and download there. After you made this diskette, run the windows installation, and when you'll see in the bottom of the screen, "press F6 bla bla bla", so press F6, and you'll be offered to install SATA drivers, so insert diskette and install, then go on the installation process.
good luck.
it looks like you install windows on a sata drive and windows can't find sata controller driver. so at first you need to make a sata controller driver installation floppy, ususally it's delivered with motherboard, if it's not it can be made by your self, you need a MoBo cd and on it you can find an utility to make such floppies, or go to your mobo's manufacturer and download there. After you made this diskette, run the windows installation, and when you'll see in the bottom of the screen, "press F6 bla bla bla", so press F6, and you'll be offered to install SATA drivers, so insert diskette and install, then go on the installation process.
good luck.
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On your PC, go to Start > Run > Type "devmgmt.msc"
Expand "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers" and write down instances under that heading.
We can then hopefully, give you a download location for a driver, that you can put on a Floppy Disket, and utilise during your Windows install to get a result.
Regards, David
Expand "IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers" and write down instances under that heading.
We can then hopefully, give you a download location for a driver, that you can put on a Floppy Disket, and utilise during your Windows install to get a result.
Regards, David
The computer has no OS on it as of right now that is why i am trying to put Windows XP Professional on it. So i won't be able to do that.
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You should check now if your HDD is an IDE (40-pin connector) or S-ATA type (lesser pins, looks like this photo: http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/04/...ay/page3.html). If S-ATA, do what Fry (Posting #5) suggested. If it's IDE, check if the disk is recognized by the BIOS.
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