XP clean re-install will not see new hard drives

[Guest]

Hello,
I just upgraded my system to an Asus system using AMD dual core. I have 2
HDD. Here is what I have in HDD:
My C drive is (200 Gig) 186 Gig - NTFS
used 22.7 G
Free 163 G
---
D drive is (400 Gig) 333 Gig - NTFS
1.07 G used
Free 332 G
--
I unfortunetly had an error this AM where the registry hive got toasted,
so.. to make a long story even longer... Since there was that error, and it
is a new system, and I really don't have anything loaded yet, I wanted to
start fresh again. I chose to do a clean reinstall of XP.
When I got to the part of seeing my C drive, this is what was seen:

Unknown Disk
There is no disk in this drive
131072MB @ ID 0 on Bus 0 on atapi [ MBR ]
--
C drive - Partition 1
Unknown Partition
131072MB Free

HUMMMM... not right! Didn't see the 200Gig C drive AND it didnt see my
400 gig D drive.
What is going on here? This is VERY VERY weird!

TIA for any help you can give!

 

[DL]

Perhaps you need to F6 during the install to load drivers from floppy, as is
sometimes required if they are sata drives or connected to a sata/raid
controler.
If this is not the case, they are detected in the bios?

 

[Guest]

Hello DL,

I took my machine back to the tech, and he showed me what I was doing wrong.
And YES, this new system does make use of the raid controller F6.
I have never used that in all my years of working and playing on computers.
I had a great and interesting lesson yesterday

Thank you for your response!
a VERY happy Patti

Perhaps you need to F6 during the install to load drivers from floppy, as is
sometimes required if they are sata drives or connected to a sata/raid
controler.
If this is not the case, they are detected in the bios?

Hello,
I just upgraded my system to an Asus system using AMD dual core. I have 2
HDD. Here is what I have in HDD:
My C drive is (200 Gig) 186 Gig - NTFS
used 22.7 G
Free 163 G
---
D drive is (400 Gig) 333 Gig - NTFS
1.07 G used
Free 332 G
--
I unfortunetly had an error this AM where the registry hive got toasted,
so.. to make a long story even longer... Since there was that error, and it
is a new system, and I really don't have anything loaded yet, I wanted to
start fresh again. I chose to do a clean reinstall of XP.
When I got to the part of seeing my C drive, this is what was seen:

Unknown Disk
There is no disk in this drive
131072MB @ ID 0 on Bus 0 on atapi [ MBR ]
--
C drive - Partition 1
Unknown Partition
131072MB Free

HUMMMM... not right! Didn't see the 200Gig C drive AND it didnt see my
400 gig D drive.
What is going on here? This is VERY VERY weird!

TIA for any help you can give!

 

[DL]

glad its sorted

Hello DL,

I took my machine back to the tech, and he showed me what I was doing wrong.
And YES, this new system does make use of the raid controller F6.
I have never used that in all my years of working and playing on computers.
I had a great and interesting lesson yesterday

Thank you for your response!
a VERY happy Patti

Perhaps you need to F6 during the install to load drivers from floppy, as is
sometimes required if they are sata drives or connected to a sata/raid
controler.
If this is not the case, they are detected in the bios?

Hello,
I just upgraded my system to an Asus system using AMD dual core. I have 2
HDD. Here is what I have in HDD:
My C drive is (200 Gig) 186 Gig - NTFS
used 22.7 G
Free 163 G

and
it

is a new system, and I really don't have anything loaded yet, I wanted to
start fresh again. I chose to do a clean reinstall of XP.
When I got to the part of seeing my C drive, this is what was seen:

Unknown Disk
There is no disk in this drive
131072MB @ ID 0 on Bus 0 on atapi [ MBR ]
--
C drive - Partition 1
Unknown Partition
131072MB Free

HUMMMM... not right! Didn't see the 200Gig C drive AND it didnt see my
400 gig D drive.
What is going on here? This is VERY VERY weird!

TIA for any help you can give!