victor Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 I have been trying to fix my computer for 4 months now. The end result is supposed to be installing windows XP, which I had running on my computer before. The problem in the installation process is the message "setup could not find any hard disk drives on your computer...". I am currently running winMe which boots up fine even though none of the hard drives are detected in the bios (apparently winMe finds them just fine). The bios is fasttrak100 bios version 1.31. Thank you in advance for all your responses, I really need all I can get. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 I cannot imagine how, if the BIOS cannot see a drive, that WME will load. It isn't a case of WME finding them, it is on one of them (or it if there's only one).Have you looked at the BIOS before Windows loads? Is there a hard drive detected? If there isn't, the normal procedure is that the BIOS tells you there is no hard drive present.Are you trying to load XP on top of ME? If so, are you following the "correct" procedure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor Posted September 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 I went into auto-detect hdd in bios, and it says that I don't have a primary master or primary slave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 I went into auto-detect hdd in bios, and it says that I don't have a primary master or primary slave.And you can run WME on this setup? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor Posted September 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 Yes, winMe is running fine; i'm using it right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 Hmm. I'm mystified by this.If the BIOS is telling you there is no HDD then normally a bootup will fail.How are you getting into the BIOS? The normal procedure is to press the Delete key (or some other key - varies according the the M/B) during the POST sequence to enter the BIOS menu - and it is there you are being told there is no HDD?How many drives are installed? Are any SATA or in a RAID array? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor Posted September 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 I definetly have at least one SATA or RAID drive. I am getting into the bios by pressing the delete key. During the install of Windows Me I combined both drives into one partition. Perhaps the secondary slave/master is my hdd? is that possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted September 9, 2006 Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 I think it is possible, yes. Seems an odd arrangement to me though but, perhaps I'm being old fashioned.I think you would be best placing a drive on the primary position of IDE 0 to enable you to get XP to install properly.Wait a little while for someone more expert than me to come on and see what they think. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor Posted September 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 How to I place a drive on primary position of ide-0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor Posted September 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 9, 2006 Please, I urgently need help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 Sorry Victor, I wasn't on line last night and I thought someone else would to respond to you.Are you familiar with the inside of a computer? If not, then a look at one of the computer building guides would help you a lot and show you where the various components are located and how to fit them.Have a look at click here particularly point 7 which tells where the primary HDD its fitted on an IDE system. I have have checked the BIOS reference you gave and I don't think that will support SATA.Also, can you tell us more about the arrangement you have already as I'm confused by some of your statements such as:During the install of Windows Me I combined both drives into one partition. Perhaps the secondary slave/master is my hdd? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jason.b.c Posted September 10, 2006 Report Share Posted September 10, 2006 During the install of Windows Me I combined both drives into one partition. Perhaps the secondary slave/master is my hdd?i think he mean't to say:combined both partitions into one drive..don't know about the second part though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NaZ Posted September 22, 2006 Report Share Posted September 22, 2006 Would changing the jumper settings in the back of the drive do any good? They mey be set so cable select or secondary. Also you HDD cable may have died, usually the cause of pulling it out too many times? Just a suggestion.Thankyou... [NaZ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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