Harddrive problem on my laptop

Hi guys,


My laptop came with a harddisk I purchased long time ago, but unfortunely the Harddisk is dead, so I bought a new one couple of days ago.

The problem is when I'm trying to insert the Harddisk on my laptop, and install Windows XP on it. The Windows XP CD can't find the Harddisk drive at all. I went to the BIOS to check it out, and no problem at all! The Bios did managed to locate my harddrive.

What is the problem? I have tried several other XP CD's, and nothing works out.

Help would be great guys! I tried to google, but no specific info available.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Yeah, nothing at all. It's pretty strange though, since the XP setup do detect my other computers I got, not my laptop. The only thing is BIOS do detect the harddrive I mentioned.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Aha! I never knew about that stuff. My computer is Dell XPS 1330. How can I solve the problem?

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by packrat

Well given that information, it looks unlikely that its a driver issue.
What hard drive did you install?

Well, I thought it was a driver issue too, so I went to a computer shop to get a new one. Unfortunely, it isn't. Perhaps I forgot to mentioned. I usually install Windows XP by restarting my computer and booting up the CD.

Originally Posted by mortis

Is Disk Management seeing the HDD?

I got a HDD once but was told it wasn't "prepared". I eventually had to go through Disk Management which did see it, and prepare it.

How to use Disk Management to configure basic disks in Windows XP

Well, the thing is I haven't installed any Operative system inside the Harddisk yet, so I can't do anything by using the Disk Management.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Sorry for so late reply! I actually found out the problem!

The main problem is I had to turn of Flash Cache on my Bios, plus SATA. That was all.

Thank you for your help!

I was speaking idiomatically.