How to Fix “Setup did not find any hard disk drives” During Windows XP Install
Posted on February 25th, 2008 in Computers, Microsoft, Tools | 
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5)
Loading ...
(1 votes, average: 5 out of 5) Loading ...If you read the comments from “How to Install OS X Leopard on a PC - iATKOS v1.0i Tutorial” you’ll see the issues I had when I tried to install Microsoft Windows XP after removing Ox86 Leopard from my Compaq laptop. When I booted the Windows XP Pro installation CD I was getting the error message “Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed on your computer”. After trying several times to partition and format (with no luck) I decided to try a very neat tool out called nLite.
nLite allowed me to configure my Microsoft Windows install CD by adding drivers and applications. I downloaded my laptop’s sata controller driver from Compaq’s website and added it and to the driver configuration portion of nLite as well as selecting “Bootable ISO”. After a couple minutes I had a new bootable Windows XP installation CD and no more missing hard disk error.
From what I found this error is quite normal for people that have sata hard drives, who have installed Microsoft Windows Vista and decided to downgrade back to Microsoft Windows XP.
Dell Drivers | HP Drivers | Compaq Drivers | Gateway Drivers | Sony Drivers | Asus | Toshiba
Tags: Application, Boot CD, download, drivers, Error, iATKOS, Leopard, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, nLite, OSx86, Solution
If you found this page useful, consider linking to it.
Simply copy and paste the code below into your web site (Ctrl+C to copy)
It will look like this: How to Fix “Setup did not find any hard disk drives” During Windows XP Install
Loading ...
