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Windows xp won't install, thinks HD's aren't there.
HAve been having a very hard time trying to install windows xp,
but I think it's a hardware problem. I probably fried the first C: drive by plugging it into the power supply while the computer was on. After this I could not format it, and wast old the disk was bad. Ok then I bought a new one. When I installed that, windows would not take. I managed it once by deleting the raid array in the bios for that part, then installed it, then it ran. Then I added in the driver for the raid controller. After I managed to get the raid array set up again and formatted in windows, I rebooted and got a BSOD. Then I tried to re-format again, and got a message saying the HD was unbootable, Then when I kept trying, it simply said there was no HD. This was after completely disconnecting the raid array in every way. So then I thought, well maybe the first drive didn;t get fried after all. I'll try it and see. I got the same message: no HD connected to the computer. So it recognizes neither IDE drive for the C: drive. I wonder if maybe the mobo got damaged or something. Could it be the bios? |
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Windows xp won't install, thinks HD's aren't there.
kohlrabi_croce wrote:
HAve been having a very hard time trying to install windows xp, but I think it's a hardware problem. I probably fried the first C: drive by plugging it into the power supply while the computer was on. After this I could not format it, and wast old the disk was bad. Ok then I bought a new one. When I installed that, windows would not take. I managed it once by deleting the raid array in the bios for that part, then installed it, then it ran. Then I added in the driver for the raid controller. After I managed to get the raid array set up again and formatted in windows, I rebooted and got a BSOD. Then I tried to re-format again, and got a message saying the HD was unbootable, Then when I kept trying, it simply said there was no HD. This was after completely disconnecting the raid array in every way. So then I thought, well maybe the first drive didn;t get fried after all. I'll try it and see. I got the same message: no HD connected to the computer. So it recognizes neither IDE drive for the C: drive. I wonder if maybe the mobo got damaged or something. Could it be the bios? But try clearing BIOS and starting from factory defaults. Might work. But then you might have smoked your IDE when you plugged in that drive while powered-on. |
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Windows xp won't install, thinks HD's aren't there.
My best guess is that the Motherboard disc circuitry has been damaged by
that fault.. It can't be repaired if so. Have you tried plugging the HD into all the different sockets on the board ? Mouse @@@ |
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Windows xp won't install, thinks HD's aren't there.
"kohlrabi_croce" wrote in message oups.com... HAve been having a very hard time trying to install windows xp, but I think it's a hardware problem. I probably fried the first C: drive by plugging it into the power supply while the computer was on. After this I could not format it, and wast old the disk was bad. Ok then I bought a new one. snip Nope...you must have some other problem as plugging the drive into the powersupply would not have ruined it -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com |
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Windows xp won't install, thinks HD's aren't there.
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007 23:27:25 +0100, "Trimble Bracegirdle"
wrote: My best guess is that the Motherboard disc circuitry has been damaged by that fault.. It can't be repaired if so. Have you tried plugging the HD into all the different sockets on the board ? Mouse @@@ Good idea....so ok I took the new HD, hooked it up to another computer, and formatted it no problem. I even copieda file to it. So the drive is fine. On the computer wiht the problem, I installed a card with 2 IDE sockets on them. First I plugged in the old HD. No go. No HD recognized by the system. Then I put in the new HD and plugged it into the card. Same thing. So it's not the HD. I guess it is the mobo. Triple darn it. |
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Windows xp won't install, thinks HD's aren't there.
I haven't seen the whole thread, so excuse me if I'm off base here...
Good idea....so ok I took the new HD, hooked it up to another computer, and formatted it no problem. I even copieda file to it. So the drive is fine. On the computer wiht the problem, I installed a card with 2 IDE sockets on them. First I plugged in the old HD. No go. No HD recognized by the system. Do you have a CD drive to try on the mainboards IDE ports? If you hook one up, can you boot (an XP install disc) from it? Then I put in the new HD and plugged it into the card. Same thing. You do realize that when you connec the hard drive to an addon card that the BIOS will NEVER see the hard drive and (usually) you need to install drivers before the system will use the drive. My suggestions... - Check the CMOS settings and make sure that all four IDE ports are set to AUTOMATIC DETECTION and also that you have not disabled any of the IDE controllers. - Check your users manual to make sure you don't also have a third party IDE controller. My ASUS mainboard also has a Promise controller on it, which gives me an extra IDE port. The BIOS won't see drives here and I need to install a driver to make use of any drives connected there. - Go to the hard drive manufacturers website and download their diagnostic/erasing software. It should boot from a diskette or CD. Connect ONLY the problem hard drive to the problem mainboard - no CD's or other IDE devices connected - and boot from the manufacturers diskette. Is the drive detected then? Can you "Zero Out" (erase) the drive? |
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