Posted: 8/18/2007 5:17 PM
Post subject: New Computer; Issues with Installation
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Mlandry
Joined: 8/3/2004
Posts: 325
Hey; so I got a new CPU Yesterday and I was going to set it up this morning, but I got 2 errors when trying to install Win XP... 1) No Hard Disk is detected! ... Yet when I booted it up with partition magic it sees it and I can even partition it, although I can't set it up as bootable & if I put it in NTSF (or NTFS not sure exactly what it is ) I can't decide if it's C: or D: drive, it automatically puts it has Drive : None 2) pci.sys error when trying to install Win XP... possibly because I need to get myself a newer version of the operating system (downloading a new version right now so I will know in ~2 hours) Any suggestions? Never had such problems with installtion on a new computer before heh...
Posted: 8/18/2007 7:08 PM
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maTO
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Why you need to install WinXP for new CPU? Or do you mean you got new motherboard and CPU? Maybe you have S-ATA Harddisk and don't have drivers included in WinXP bootable CD? In that case you need S-ATA drivers on floppy disk.
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Posted: 8/18/2007 11:35 PM
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Mlandry
Joined: 8/3/2004
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Thanks for replying; I actually meant I bought a new computer (built from a local store with nothing in it heh) I actually managed to fix the problem myself after a few hours... needed a newer version of XP because the old one wasn't compatible with my stuff heh... and yeah I do have a S-ATA HardDisk... everything on my computer works fine now except when I boot up it still says HardDisk not detected... doesn't seem to matter much though as it still goes on, got everything installed on it... will go back to the shop where I bought the parts for my computer to inquire about it though... didn't have any driver CD for it and I don't have a floppy drive (didn't have any of those either though) Will try to find the correct drivers online in the meantime
Posted: 8/18/2007 11:56 PM
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Twelvepack
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Just a guess, but did you re-arrange the boot priority list in the BIOS so that your windows drive was first? Probably wont help, but it might get rid of the "no hard drive detected" message, if the source of the message is BIOS checking IDE controller for hard drives.
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Posted: 8/20/2007 6:40 AM
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You're getting the no Hard Drive detected error because you're missing the drivers to your Hard Drive controller, and they're not built into XP. You need to get the drivers from your motherboard manufacturer and put them on a floppy, then in the part of the install where it asks you to hit F6 (or was it F2) to load additional drivers, do that. If you don't have a floppy drive on your computer you can use an external floppy drive hooked up via USB.
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