When I built this computer, it all worked fine. Windows installed perfectly and all is well.
But now when I put the recovery disk in, to try and reformat, the installation says it cannot find my hard-drive...? And it cannot proceed.
It is a SATA hard-drive. I take out the disk and start windows normally and it all works fine, so what is wrong?
Windows XP btw.
2007-12-17 05:51:37 · 5 answers · asked by .... 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
why do ya wanna reinstall windoze? if everything is werkin fine ?
2007-12-17 05:54:58 · answer #1 · answered by jockman432004 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You need to load the SATA drivers first.
Possibly the easiest way would be to slipstream an OS installation CD.
Here are instructions that detail what to do. Hopefully it will help you.
http://www.thinkdigit.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-559.html
http://www.msfn.org/board/index.php?showtopic=13173&hl=Si3112r
(If you have the SATA drivers disk, load them first, and then install the OS).
2007-12-17 06:03:50 · answer #2 · answered by atruenightowl 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
you will need to install the sata drivers first for your motherboard, otherwise your install disk won't know about your drive
2007-12-18 02:33:16 · answer #3 · answered by Phillip J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you tried changing the position of the drive BIOS?
2007-12-17 05:55:14 · answer #4 · answered by Spiny Norman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
?
2007-12-17 05:53:08 · answer #5 · answered by Ron 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋