Am trying to reload my laptop with window xp and is complaining about hard disk not detected,there is hard disk in it and is well fixed,but still the same problem persists.
I usually press F12 or F2 or F8 or 9 during boot up until I find where to select the hard drive.
You need to log into your bois and change the device settings for the Hard Drive Sata Native Device to disabled for it to allow windows xp to install. I ran into this problem as well during my setup
The problem is either the BIOS is not detecting the hard drive or the hard drive is faulty or the disk controller is faulty. Check the BIOS setting to see if it has detected the hard disk, and if there is a hard drive diags run it to test the hard drive. Try reseating the hard drive and if it doesn't work, remove the hard drive and connect it to an USB hard drive adapter. Plug this adapter into a working computer's USB port and if this computer detects this as an external hard drive and you can view and open the various folders and files, then the hard drive is OK. If you haven't any files or folders in the hard drive, then format the hard drive from this computer to test this hard drive. If the hard drive is OK then the fault is probably the disk controller. If the hard drive is faulty, then you need a new hard drive in your computer.
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