Laptop originally had VISTA, but I don't have disks so I have XP install disk only
1. Vista HP Pavillion laptop crashed
THEN
2. HP recovery utility failed
SO
3. Partition Magic used to create a single NTFS primary partition that was set to "ACTIVE"
THEN
4. BIOS Quick, comprehensive, and SMART drive tests all WITHOUT ERRORS
THEN
5. Windows XP install fails "Hard drive Not Found"
THEN
6. MEMORY and HARD DRIVE REMOVED AND RESEATED
THEN
7. Partition Magic used to create a single DOS32 primary partition that was set to "ACTIVE"
THEN
8. Windows XP install fails "Hard drive Not Found"
THEN
9. BIOS setup "return to default settings"
THEN
10. #3 thru #7 repeated
STILL
HARD drive found by BIOS and Partition Magic BUT NOTwindows Install
HELP !!!!!!!!