Ok so this is my first time on any kind of forum, so hello to all. I am currently running windows XP on my tower however I want to do a fresh install of XP. However I cannot do that if not Hard drive disc is detected when I try. I have been getting the infamous \system32.hall.dll so I want to do a fresh install of Windows. However like i previously said the hard drive doesn't show and says Setup doesnt detect anyhard drive discs when I want to do a fresh install of XP. So what I did was I tried to go to Hard drive settings (SATA RAID BIOS Ver 2.41) but all the options are blotted out and i cant access them so I have to press escape. It also says NOTICE: The number of disks is not adequate to create a RAID!!! in the same screen. So im not sure what that means. I then restart the computer and press delete BUTTON to access the setup utility, then went  under Integrated peripherals, however the option 'OnCHIP SATA Type' is not there so i can change the hard drive into IDE mode so It will be able to read. This is what im trying to do, (Link below). Please help me, IVE spent almost an entire day trying to figure this out. I was thinking getting an external hard drive might do the trick, to install windows XP on it but im not sure. Any help will be greatly appreciated!

http://www.bootbeta.com/blog/how-to-change-the-sata-type-in-bios.html Hello and welcome to the forums.  What is your motherboard, or your system make and model?  The option for SATA type is in different places depending on your specific system.The motherboard is a MSI K8T Neo-FSR (MS-6702) VER: 1.0. Full specs can be found below on the link.
http://www.motherboards.org/mobot/motherboards_d/MSI/K8T%2BNeo-FSR%2B%2528MS-6702%2529/

Oh and i think the hard drive is set up in RAID mode, however i don't have two hard drives atm, only one. Is there any way to disable RAID mode?

Btw, thanks for helping me!OK, have a look in Integrated Peripherals - OnBoard PCI Controller - P230378 S.ATA Controller.  What is that set to?  I suspect it will be set to RAID, if so change it to SATA.

Edit: yes, the reason this is happening is because it's set to RAID mode, and XP setup doesn't have the driver for that, only for the standard IDE mode.  The above should set it back to normal mode, which should let XP setup see the drive, and get it out of RAID mode.Or if you have the MBoard Driver CD then very early on in the setup process it'll say "press F6 to install additional Drivers"...Press F6.
At that point put the MBoard driver CD in ( you can make one by grabbing all drivers from the MBoard manuf. site) and then XP install will continue.
XP will prompt you when it needs the XP CD again and setup will complete.I thought XP only took drivers from floppy disks?  Vista and onwards can LOAD drivers from USB sticks which simplifies things, however they also have most of the necessary drivers BUILT in.My XP SP1 CD accepts CD's for Driver installs....There is no 230378 S.ATA Controller, however there VT8237 SATA-IDE Controller and its set to 'enabled'. There is also VT8237 PATA-IDE Controller and set to enabled as well. I see each option, however there is no RAID or SATA options to chose from.

So I should download the drivers from the manufacturer website, then press F6, install third party hard drive, then when it asks to insert the floppy disc, im assuming that the drivers will be installed? Looking at your manual, at the TOP of the Integrated Peripherals menu there should be a menu named Onboard PCI Controller, which the option I mentioned above is in.There is the option, I did enter into OnBoard PCI Controller, then pressed enter, all I see is Lan Controller, and AC'97 Audio which are both enabled, however no other options. Quote from: patio on May 24, 2013, 11:56:36 AM

My XP SP1 CD accepts CD's for Driver installs....

There is the option, I did enter into OnBoard PCI Controller, then pressed enter, all I see is Lan Controller, and AC'97 Audio which are both enabled, however no other options.