Windows xp sata hard drive not recognized

Joined Dec 15, Messages 1, You need to make a floppy with the drivers. Jackiefrost9 said:. It's set up to boot floppy, hard drive, then CD. I can't find any drivers on the Seagate site, and I found an article on their site that says I don't need any drivers for it. It's wierd, windows XP installed fine, it just won't boot.

Don't think I can offer any more help here, but googling "windows won't start sata" pulled up a bunch of tech threads that might offer some ideas. Good luck. You know when you need it so Might be faster.

Joined Aug 28, Messages Extract them to a floppy. You can run a repair on XP and install the drivers at F6 as you would during a clean install. Sorry I didn't reply last night, I switched the port that the hdd plugged into on the motherboard and it booted up, I'm not sure why it wouldn't work on the other one but it works now. Thanks for all your input it helped a lot. As Seen On. Welcome to Tech Support Guy! Latest posts P. Popups Driving me Crazy 3 Viewers Latest: panamahat 5 minutes ago.

Windows Apple Mobile Devices. What type of cables are these? Sign of the times 1 Viewer Latest: ekim68 13 minutes ago. The browser version you are using is not recommended for this site. Please consider upgrading to the latest version of your browser by clicking one of the following links. Content Type Troubleshooting. Article ID If your setup fails, you receive a message that it cannot find any hard drives. To resolve this problem, change the drive mode in BIOS.

This option displays in the status line and lets you use a computer manufacturer's mass storage controller driver. Near the beginning of Windows Setup, Windows pauses briefly and displays the following prompt:. Was this reply helpful? Yes No. Sorry this didn't help. Thanks for your feedback. When I try to install Windows XP it will not detect my hard drive which is visible in the bios.

My bios options are very limited, however i was able to use the bios to change the sata to ide. It still is not working, and now it isnt found with the windows 7 disk I have.