bionicle Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 This is one for the computer bods. The mother in laws HDD has failed so I thought no problem stick the spare SATA HDD in re load the operation system and software and away she goes....well that didn't happen did it I removed the partition and formatted the drive that had a licensed operation system on it registered to me so I could install her copy, well this seamed to go ok and when plugged into my laptop it recognises there is a drive attached. I put the HDD back in the machine and popped the windows disk into the drive and away it went after about 5 mins it tells me it can't find any attached drives and cancels the installation, I've tried everything to get it to recognise the drive but it's all failed and I'm now at a loss. Anyone got any ideas on how I can get this problem resolved? Any help would be appreciated. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolhead Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Well firstly, if the copy of windows is yours it isn't licenced on another's machine. It may authenticate again but it won't be licenced. 1) Check that the bios sees the disk during power up. 2) Most versions of windows have an advanced installation option that allows you to create a new partition and this should be used. 3) if the machine has RAID it may need drivers before installing windows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huffhuff Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 I imagine you'd need to install mass storage controller drivers. Whilst booting from the CD, you'll get prompted to press F8. You'll need to supply the right driver (you would have got that from the cd that accompanied the motherboard). If you don't have it, go to the motherboard manufacturers website and download for your specific model. Any probs, feel free to call. Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicle Posted June 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Thanks for the info, i' m down loading the drivers for it now. I've done. The F6 bit and I've installed the mass storage ome file but keep getting the same blue screen saying it can't be found although the bios sees the disk. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfletch Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 How did you install the mass storage if the drive is not recognized Is it XP you are trying to install Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicle Posted June 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 How did you install the mass storage if the drive is not recognized Is it XP you are trying to install Yes it's XP that she had loaded, when you hit F6 during installation it asked you to insert the disk with the mass storage drivers on which I'd already put onto a floppy ( I know it's an old machine) it then proceeds to install window and hangs for a moment or too and then tells me it can't find the HDD although the bios sees it clear as day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfletch Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Dose it also have a cd drive http://www.proposedsolution.com/solutions/windows-xp-setup-setup-did-not-find-any-hard-disk-drives/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huffhuff Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 I'd guess at them being the wrong drivers then. Can you choose the drivers once you've Pressed f6? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolhead Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 How did you install the mass storage if the drive is not recognized Is it XP you are trying to install Auxiliary Controller drivers reside in RAM during installation. Quite often a board will have a basic SATA connector as well as the RAID block. This is often for the CD drive. This would solve all the problems. Install windows while in the secondary socket, get all the drivers updated from the motherboard CD then move the connector to the RAID block. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mfletch Posted June 19, 2011 Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 Auxiliary Controller drivers reside in RAM during installation. Quite often a board will have a basic SATA connector as well as the RAID block. This is often for the CD drive. This would solve all the problems. Install windows while in the secondary socket, get all the drivers updated from the motherboard CD then move the connector to the RAID block. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bionicle Posted June 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2011 (edited) It's working Changed the bios setting to an AHA and away she went. Thanks for all you advice..... Edited June 19, 2011 by bionicle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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