Hard Drive not being recognized?

[jep94]

I can't get my XP install to complete.  As the software is downloaded and it gets to the point that it need's to start up, I get the message that Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer yet in the BIOS I see it at the boot menu.  HELP!!!!!!

[Zylstra]

Im not sure why you added a poll, but:
Does the drive make and sounds when the computer is powered on?

Turn your computer off, disconnect the hard drive (IDE and power) and plug it back in [carefully] and check the connections [to the motherboard and hard drive]

[unlovedwarrior]

interesting y you put the poll

when did this start?? what hard/software upgrades/changes have you made before this happened??  what kind of hhd and mobo?? connections are you using??

[patio]

DLoad and run the HDD manuf. diagnostics on that drive to see if it is healthy...

This runs from a bootable CD so Windows is not neccessary.

Are you sure you have it jumpered correctly ? ?

Also if it is a brand new drive it MUST be formatted before Windows will recognise it.

[jep94]

Im not sure why you added a poll, but:
Does the drive make and sounds when the computer is powered on?

Turn your computer off, disconnect the hard drive (IDE and power) and plug it back in [carefully] and check the connections [to the motherboard and hard drive]

Sorry about the poll thing, I wasn't sure how I could post until after I read a bit more.  The hardrive doesn't make much noice at all considering the case I hve has 9 fans and that's all you hear.  I did try another hardrive with an operating system already on it and it did the same thing.

The connections are tight and fitted properly.

[jep94]

DLoad and run the HDD manuf. diagnostics on that drive to see if it is healthy...

This runs from a bootable CD so Windows is not neccessary.

Are you sure you have it jumpered correctly ? ?

Also if it is a brand new drive it MUST be formatted before Windows will recognise it.

I put in the manufacturers disk and tested the HD and it came up with no errors.

[unlovedwarrior]

try to unplugg and replug the hdd in while the computer is off

[GX1_Man]

Is that a real Windows CD that says Microsoft all over it?

[Zylstra]

Try disconnecting some of those fans
Could be power disbalance with that many

[GX1_Man]

9 fans? You're lucky you can hear anything in that room.

[patio]

Another HDD with an OS installed on it will never work unless it's from an identical machine...
Why not hook up your HDD as a slave in another machine and run chkdsk on it ? ?

[Carbon Dudeoxide]

9 fans? You're lucky you can hear anything in that room.

Room temperature, 20C
Motherboard temperature -5C

There's your problem 

[patio]

9 fans? You're lucky you can hear anything in that room.

Room temperature, 20C
Motherboard temperature -5C

There's your problem 

Where did these numbers come from ? ?

 

[Raptor]

[unlovedwarrior]

spam attack its going to make me eat it nooooooo


and whats with the random pic raptor