Hard drive not found!

[Clath]

I'm trying to install XP on a freshly fdisked and formatted drive
(FAT32). The BIOS can see my drive but windows xp can't! I get as far
as the list of partitions - and all of them are 'unknown disk'.
Pressing c or d or anything at that point brings up an error screen
with 'A problem has been detected...'
Technical information:
***STOP: 0x0000008E (0xc0000005, 0x807c6f65, 0xf80d8798, 0x00000000)


Hardware:
KX7-333R mainboard
Quantum fireball HD
512Mb 2100 DDR

Please help- I've been trying to install XP on this computer for over
a year- every attempt seems doomed to failure in one way or another.
And yet I've had no difficulty with Windows 98, Windows ME and Red Hat
9.0.

 

[Ralph Yerian]

Sorry, I can't help but I am having the same problem. I
fdisked my drive and BIOS sees it but XP gives me "Setup
can not continue because no hard drive was found." I
tried installing Windows 98 and it loaded fine. I tried
XP again and it stopped in the same spot. I didn't even
get as far as you did. If I get pass it, I will let you
know.

ABIT BE6 Motherboard
IBM 13.5G DJNA371350 Hard Drive
XP Pro OEM

 

[Mike]

I read somewhere that xp must partition the drive, and
you can't use FDISK (not supported by XP). Boot from the
XP CD and delete all partions and then format with either
NTFS (recommended) or FAT 32, the OS install will follow.

Note: Update your bios prior to the partition and
install.

 

[Clath]

I read somewhere that xp must partition the drive, and
you can't use FDISK (not supported by XP). Boot from the
XP CD and delete all partions and then format with either
NTFS (recommended) or FAT 32, the OS install will follow.

Note: Update your bios prior to the partition and
install.

I can't delete the partitions as I can't see them! If I press 'd' I
get the error screen. I have updated my BIOS.
Please help!

 

[Clath]

I'm trying to install XP on a freshly fdisked and
formatted drive
(FAT32). The BIOS can see my drive but windows xp can't!
I get as far
as the list of partitions - and all of them are 'unknown
disk'.
Pressing c or d or anything at that point brings up an
error screen
with 'A problem has been detected...'
Technical information:
***STOP: 0x0000008E (0xc0000005, 0x807c6f65, 0xf80d8798,
0x00000000)
I have updated my BIOS and checked my RAM. I just can't install XP!

Hardware:

or another.

And yet I've had no difficulty with Windows 98, Windows
ME and Red Hat
9.0.

 

[Trooper_MCSA]

I'm trying to install XP on a freshly fdisked and
formatted drive
(FAT32). The BIOS can see my drive but windows xp can't!
I get as far
as the list of partitions - and all of them are 'unknown
disk'.
Pressing c or d or anything at that point brings up an
error screen
with 'A problem has been detected...'
Technical information:
***STOP: 0x0000008E (0xc0000005, 0x807c6f65, 0xf80d8798,
0x00000000)
I have updated my BIOS and checked my RAM. I just can't install XP!

Hardware:
And yet I've had no difficulty with Windows 98, Windows
ME and Red Hat
9.0.

**Return to your 98 FDISK utility and remove all partitions.
Particularly the non dos partition/s created by redhat.
**Re-boot the computer and FDISK again. Create a fat32 partition after
answering yes to large disk support.
**Re-boot the computer. Format the fat32 partition with the 98 boot
disk.
**Re-boot the computer with you XP CD and install.
If these do not work, you will require the quantum zero fill disk
utility. Zero fill the drive, and boot your computer with the XP CD
and install.
**XP requires a fat16, fat32, or ntfs partition for setup temporary
files.

 

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

I would boot the CD and choose the first repair option to run the
Recovery Console. Then I would issue the command "fixboot". If that
works, it's far easier than a wipeout. It is certainly true that you
should not use fdisk on an XP disk.

If you have nothing of value on the drive, then let the XP installer
create the partition it needs.

 

[Ralph Yerian]

I have been working on this same problem for a week. I
tried every BIOS, fdisk, and format setting that was
possible. BIOS could see the drive and I reinstalled 98
and it could see the drive but XP could not. I have two
drives in my computer (of course XP could see the small
slow drive but not my new one). Tonight i tried switching
the ATA/66 cable with an older ATA/33 cable and XP could
then see both. This means my drive is not running as fast
as it can, but at least I can install XP. ATA/66 drives
are backward compatible with ATA/33 drives. ATA/66 uses
80 conductor cable and ATA/33 uses 40 conductor cable.
You can tell if you are using an ATA/66 cable because the
end of the cable that plugs into the motherboard is blue
and it should also have ATA 66 printed on the edge of the
cable. There was obvious nothing wong with my original
ATA/66 cable or 98 could not have seen the drive. I can
only assume XP is not compatible with ATA/66 or some
combination of ATA/66 and ATA/33.

Hope this helps you.

 

[Chris0516]

I'm trying to install XP on a freshly fdisked and formatted drive
(FAT32). The BIOS can see my drive but windows xp can't! I get as far
as the list of partitions - and all of them are 'unknown disk'.
Pressing c or d or anything at that point brings up an error screen
with 'A problem has been detected...'
Technical information:
***STOP: 0x0000008E (0xc0000005, 0x807c6f65, 0xf80d8798, 0x00000000)


Hardware:
KX7-333R mainboard
Quantum fireball HD
512Mb 2100 DDR

Please help- I've been trying to install XP on this computer for over
a year- every attempt seems doomed to failure in one way or another.
And yet I've had no difficulty with Windows 98, Windows ME and Red Hat
9.0.

I am having a similar problem. I upgraded my SCSI Host Adapter a few days ago after my AHA-19160 stopped seeing the drive in the BIOS. XP Pro had no problem seeing the drive. I replaced the AHA-19160 with. an AHA-39320-R. The BIOS can see the card, without any problem but, when I try to install XP Pro on the drive, it says it cannot find the drive.