Xp Pro Will Not Recognize My HDD (but my BIOS will)

I have a 200G Western Digital Cavair S-ATA 150 HDD with a
Soyo K8USA motherboard, and when I try to install XP Pro
on my computer, the installation stops because XP thinks
I have no HDD. However, my computer BIOS recognizes the
HDD, and even identifyies the exact size, model, and
manufacter so I know that the problem is not caused by a
loose cable. I've tried everything I can think of. PLEASE
HELP!!

It's been my experience with SATA drives that you need to provide Setup with
a driver during bootup (F6) before it will recognize them. Check to see if
a floppy disk was provided for you with your hard drive that may contain the
drivers.

--
Mike Kolitz MCSE 2000
MS-MVP - Windows Setup / Deployment


"Jim" <JScorpio1887@aol.com> wrote in message
news:559801c48a1c$cbfab8a0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>I have a 200G Western Digital Cavair S-ATA 150 HDD with a
> Soyo K8USA motherboard, and when I try to install XP Pro
> on my computer, the installation stops because XP thinks
> I have no HDD. However, my computer BIOS recognizes the
> HDD, and even identifyies the exact size, model, and
> manufacter so I know that the problem is not caused by a
> loose cable. I've tried everything I can think of. PLEASE
> HELP!!

Have you formatted the drive?
"Mike Kolitz" <mikekol@idontlikespam.mvps.org> wrote in message
news:u8cIfeiiEHA.3944@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> It's been my experience with SATA drives that you need to provide
> Setup with a driver during bootup (F6) before it will recognize them.
> Check to see if a floppy disk was provided for you with your hard
> drive that may contain the drivers.
>
> --
> Mike Kolitz MCSE 2000
> MS-MVP - Windows Setup / Deployment
>
>
> "Jim" <JScorpio1887@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:559801c48a1c$cbfab8a0$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>>I have a 200G Western Digital Cavair S-ATA 150 HDD with a
>> Soyo K8USA motherboard, and when I try to install XP Pro
>> on my computer, the installation stops because XP thinks
>> I have no HDD. However, my computer BIOS recognizes the
>> HDD, and even identifyies the exact size, model, and
>> manufacter so I know that the problem is not caused by a
>> loose cable. I've tried everything I can think of. PLEASE
>> HELP!!
>
>