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Win XP Installation problem...
Name: inheaven Date: January 2, 2005 at 09:25:27 Pacific OS: WIN XP CPU/Ram: P4 3.0 Ghz & 512MB DDR
Comment:
Hi all! I'm trying to set up a new windows XP installation into a asus P5Gd1 motherboard. I have the diskette with the hdd drivers, but I can't access the F6 menu when I'm booting to set up windows! So I get this message:
Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. Setup cannot continue. To quit set up press F3...
Name: RichGu Date: January 2, 2005 at 10:57:35 Pacific
Reply:
The F6 option is to setup RAID or SCSI drivers for your mobo.
Have you formatted your HD? (that could be Y its not 'seeing' the HD)
RichGu WinXP Pro no Service Packs P4 3.2 Prescott / Intel D865 Perl mobo 768 MBs PC3200 DDR
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Response Number 2
Name: Rimfire Date: January 2, 2005 at 11:00:31 Pacific
Reply:
At least the keyboard works!
Is the hard drive recognised in bios?
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Response Number 3
Name: inheaven Date: January 2, 2005 at 12:36:23 Pacific
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Rimfire: nope... The bios doesn't recognize the hdds, only the cdroms! :( but the same thing happened when my computer used (till yesterday afternoon) to work operate normally!
RichGu: I haven't formatted my hdds, but if I have to do so, I will! I asked you, because I read back some similar topics, where you mentioned something like drives disk etc...
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Response Number 4
Name: ranchhand Date: January 2, 2005 at 14:00:06 Pacific
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Okay, as usual I like to start from the basic: >Why are you using floppies to try to set up XP? Everything can be done from the XP CD.
>Can you get your BIOS screen? If so, good!
>Before you set anything up, your harddrive must be partition(ed) and formatted in NTFS. Otherwise the BIOS will just tell you that there is no OS to boot into. You must boot from the CD to do this.
Hope this helps
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Response Number 5
Name: ham30 Date: January 2, 2005 at 14:27:14 Pacific
Reply:
TWIMC. Indications are that he does not have a 'Microsoft' WinXP installation CD and is trying to use a borrowed 'OEM' CD. .
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Response Number 6
Name: OtheHill Date: January 2, 2005 at 14:34:55 Pacific
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ham30
Don't waste your time with this person.
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Response Number 7
Name: inheaven Date: January 2, 2005 at 15:27:14 Pacific
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OtheHill nice talking with ya mate ;)
ranchhand I can get my BIOS screen no prob there... My harddrive is partitioned and formatted in NTFS!
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Response Number 8
Name: ham30 Date: January 2, 2005 at 16:05:42 Pacific
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Othehill, I think he is beyond help. He 'thinks' he knows it all and does not want to listen to anyone.
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Response Number 9
Name: hapeekrapee Date: January 2, 2005 at 16:05:45 Pacific
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Check your original thread Manolis......I solved your problem. PLEASE trust me on this, I already did it.
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