Need Driver I have a Xtrasys xn2133g. Hard drive was wiped and re-installed and I don't have a drive/install disk for the modem. I have looked but can't find a download on the internet. (On a different computer) Can you help? Dan.

I hope that you stored the download on something else. If you wipe that drive it will erase the download. Anyway you need to get a boot disk to load first and then try the install. Hirons boot disk. Look here: http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/ dont click on the advertising.

If you used another hard disk and the message was teh same it means the issue is not with the hard disk itself but with the settings in BIOS ..for the bus that the HDD is using ..
I suggest to get back to bios setting ..and under advance setting locate the hard disk and in its settings select to run sata as ide instead of Ahci feature..You will have to disable eh ahci in order to recognize your hard disk and the computer to work ..or to ask for the installation of the operation system ..
Im sure if you look careful you will find that feature under the hdd 0 ..its in the first or second tab in Bios..
or ..reinstall the operation system ..but use a stick with 3rd party driver for ahci ...(raid driver or such ...they are available on the motherboard's drivers disk ..but the first way I explained its the easier one ..To install a raid driver during installation might require a floppy disk drive ..and some laptops are not equipped with such a drive..
Good luck ...
by the way ..if the initial HDD has a operation system on it ..(no changes was made till it stopped working ), I suggest to install it back ..and see if it works after removing the ACHI function for the HDD in BIOS ..
have a good day and don't forget to rate my answer.

please un-install and then re-install your usb port drivers. refer local service tech

Did you format it? if not do it using a utility CD. Also try to see if the BIOS recognize the drive - if not maybe you need to "push in" the connector (data and electric). If none of the above works - maybe it is a time to purchase a new drive :-(

If you get that error when you are at the screen for selecting a partition in windows XP, then if you have the hard-drive as master, the cable is correctly hooked up, your drive needs to be erased, reformatted.
There is a few ways of doing this, first way is to wipe the disk clean, I use a program called disk wipe you can get it here:http://www.diskwipe.org/download/DiskWipe.exe, use this to wipe the disk clean, usually the boot information would be on the first part of the drive, so you can run a quick wipe, i usually just wipe the first 3 or 4 gigs. After that you can use windows XP again, you shouldn't need a driver for the hard-drive, but if you do, windows will give you that option, then proceed to new install, and to the partition area, the drive should show up, if it does, then you need to delete that partition, create a new partition, and reformat that partition, then click next to continue the install or follow instructions to install that os.
The other way is to hook the drive up to the same computer or another computer as a second drive, where you have windows installed on the first. Then in windows go to computer select that drive right click on it and it will say format, click format, and select quick format, then ok to format the drive, if at this stage you still don't see the drive, then you have to go to control panel, administrative tools, disk management and the drive should be visible, you should then be able to right click where it says disk o or disk 1 which ever disk, if you only have one disk hooked up then you'll see it, it is probably offline so you need to click on line, or make active, once you do that, you can right click on the hard-drive next to where it says disk, and select format which should now be allowed, format it, and then it will show up as a drive under my computer, once it does, you can then install windows on it without any problems. Once it is formatted it will say healthy system. The reason hard-drive is not being recognized is because it isn't formatted correctly, the above always fixed this issue, unless the hard-drive is defective, which is the other reason, and one other reason is that when windows ask for 3rd party drivers you might need the driver for that disk which when it ask for 3rd party drivers, you would put the driver in, from a disk or another drive. Hope this help's, i have ran into this issue hundreds of times, some on my own disk, it happens, but is most of the time easy correct. Also as a tip make sure your bios is set properly for that drive, and that in your bios you can see the drive before you install windows.

Not sure what version of Windows you're trying to install or what you mean by "cannot install windows" but it is possible that Windows 7 and lower might not have drivers if there's a special hard drive controller in that model.


Assuming you can't install windows because you cannot see the hard drive, You might need to download the driver for the storage controller/hard drive controller for your exact model on another computer and put it on a USB disk. When you're getting to the part where it's asking where to install windows look for Load Driver, and choose your USB disk.

If all works out, you should then see the hard drive and then can install windows.

You probably need to install network adapter driver on your new hard drive.
Go to my computer properties, select "Device Manager" and see if there is a network adapter installed and working.

go to the manufacturer's website of your motherboard.
then look for it's model on the download section.

Why not put the drivers on a disk as a backup. Then you will have them if you ever need them in the future. You can then install the drivers in your notebook.

This is caused by :-
1. Your hard disk has failed.
2. Your BIOS settings for the hard drive has been altered
3. Your hard drive has been wiped or someone or a virus program that has deleted critical files.

Go into your BIOS setup to check the hard disk settings, if possible see if it will auto detect the hard drive.

Also boot up with a DOS disk run FDISK to see if you can detect a hard disk, partitions etc.

If the hard disk appears OK you may be able to do a disk repair, most likely you would need to re-install the operating system and the laptop drivers for video, audio, LAN, modem etc.