Solve : Hard Drive not being recognized??

1.	Solve : Hard Drive not being recognized??
Answer» 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!!!!!!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]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??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. Quote from: Zylstra on April 25, 2007, 09:04:14 PM 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. Quote from: patio on April 26, 2007, 06:15:37 AM 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.try to unplugg and replug the hdd in while the computer is offIs that a real Windows CD that says Microsoft all over it?Try disconnecting some of those fans Could be power disbalance with that many 9 fans? You're lucky you can hear anything in that room. 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 ? ? Quote from: GX1_Man on April 28, 2007, 06:52:43 AM 9 fans? You're lucky you can hear anything in that room. Room temperature, 20C Motherboard temperature -5C There's your problem Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on April 28, 2007, 06:59:29 AM Quote from: GX1_Man on April 28, 2007, 06:52:43 AM 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 ? ? spam attack its going to make me eat it nooooooo and whats with the random pic raptor

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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!!!!!!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]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??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. Quote from: Zylstra on April 25, 2007, 09:04:14 PM

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. Quote from: patio on April 26, 2007, 06:15:37 AM

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.try to unplugg and replug the hdd in while the computer is offIs that a real Windows CD that says Microsoft all over it?Try disconnecting some of those fans
Could be power disbalance with that many 9 fans? You're lucky you can hear anything in that room. 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 ? ? Quote from: GX1_Man on April 28, 2007, 06:52:43 AM

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

Room temperature, 20C
Motherboard temperature -5C

There's your problem Quote from: Carbon Dudeoxide on April 28, 2007, 06:59:29 AM

Quote from: GX1_Man on April 28, 2007, 06:52:43 AM
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 ? ?

spam attack its going to make me eat it nooooooo

and whats with the random pic raptor

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