No HD found when installing XP on formatted HD

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I have a new PC with an old HD on that had 98 on it. i formated the drive and
told the PC to start wiht the XP CD. whn it starts step up it askes. if i
want to install, repair or quit. i choose either repair or install and it
says no hard disk can be found. i even tried install in 98 back on and it
worked fine.

please help. and if possible can you e-mail me espolop@aol.com.

Thanks
Ollie Parsley

 

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"Olliedude2k" <Olliedude2k@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I have a new PC with an old HD on that had 98 on it. i formated the drive and
> told the PC to start wiht the XP CD. whn it starts step up it askes. if i
> want to install, repair or quit. i choose either repair or install and it
> says no hard disk can be found. i even tried install in 98 back on and it
> worked fine.
>
> please help. and if possible can you e-mail me espolop@aol.com.
>
> Thanks
> Ollie Parsley