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Error :: setup do not find any hard disk drivers installed in your computer. Make sure any hard disk drivers are powered on & checkyour configuration

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OK. Well the error appears because the installation process doesn't recognize your hard drive device. And from the error I suppose it is a SATA HDD. You have two options: 1. Enter Bios, look for hard drive settings and change the mode from AHCI to Compatibility 2. Put the Motherboard CD into the optical device, insert a diskette, boot from the CD and select from the menu the option that is says something like "Sata drivers" or something like this. Restart the computer, insert the Windows XP CD and press F6 when it ask you if you want to install a new hard drive. Select to install the drivers from the diskette and continue the installation as normal
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