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BIOS recconise the HD but not WinXP+Win7 installation DVD/CD (Read 99 times)

Aug 4^th, 2010 at 5:34am

FRASSE226 Offline
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Hi,

I have a problem, when I look in the BIOS I see the HD but when I start my intallation DVD/CD it dont find the HD.

In BIOS I cane only change SATA disable or enable.
I trying to intall to a ATA/IDE HD

Whats wrong ?

Par
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Reply #1 - Aug 4^th, 2010 at 11:58am

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Is the a new unpartitioned drive?

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Reply #2 - Aug 4^th, 2010 at 12:09pm

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Groundbound1 wrote on Aug 4^th, 2010 at 11:58am:

Is the a new unpartitioned drive?

No I have done a partation and them format it

Pär

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Reply #3 - Aug 4^th, 2010 at 2:13pm

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Nothing wrong, this is a known problem. Try either turning SATA to disabled and do an install, or make a pen drive into a boot device and do the install that way Wink

Be sure to install XP FIRST as 7 won't allow an XP install once it is on (without using some iffy tricks which waste time).

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Reply #4 - Aug 4^th, 2010 at 3:34pm

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ozzy72 wrote on Aug 4^th, 2010 at 2:13pm:

Nothing wrong, this is a known problem. Try either turning SATA to disabled and do an install, or make a pen drive into a boot device and do the install that way Wink

Be sure to install XP FIRST as 7 won't allow an XP install once it is on (without using some iffy tricks which waste time).

OK thx, but I do not know what you mean by
"make a pen drive into a boot device and do the install that way"

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Reply #5 - Aug 5^th, 2010 at 6:25am

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HP made a little program a while back so a pen drive (memory stick) can be made to be a boot device the same as a floppy or CD. http://www.bootdisk.com/pendrive.htm use method 2 Wink

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