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ShadowKnight86   05-16-2009 at 02:23:02 AM

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Recently did a full clean up and reformatted my laptops(A51-m) HD(Hatachi ata/ide 60gb) now when i try and reinstall Windows wont see any HD.

BIOS finds it fine but XP install CD wont =-(

I looked around and most ppl say its a sata driver needed... but with bios seeing it idk


Any Ideas?




Edit1:
Laptops running 2x 512 DDR2 Apacer ram, tried removing 1 at a time and swapping slots... to no avail =-(


Message edited by ShadowKnight86 on 05-16-2009 at 02:29:15 AM
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ShadowKnight86   05-16-2009 at 02:25:22 AM
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Error msg is:

<Unknown Disk>
There is no disk in drive.

Then 15 secs later it blue screens into a 0x0000008E error

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Bronze Win XP badge aford10   05-16-2009 at 03:53:37 AM
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You can check the controller in the BIOS to make sure it's on IDE.

------------------------------ CM HAF 932 - 300GB Velociraptor
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-DS3R
E8500 - Sapphire 1Gb 4850
4G DDR3 OCZ Reaper 1333
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ShadowKnight86   05-16-2009 at 06:10:29 PM
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Only have

RAID/ATA Mode Select:

-Raid Mode
-Ata Mode
-Disabled


Message edited by ShadowKnight86 on 05-16-2009 at 06:22:32 PM
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Bronze Win XP badge aford10   05-16-2009 at 07:07:57 PM
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You want the ATA(IDE) mode.

------------------------------ CM HAF 932 - 300GB Velociraptor
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-DS3R
E8500 - Sapphire 1Gb 4850
4G DDR3 OCZ Reaper 1333
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ShadowKnight86   05-16-2009 at 10:58:06 PM
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Still no luck, changes nothing... that I can tell =-(

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ShadowKnight86   05-17-2009 at 06:27:28 PM
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Still getting " <Unknown Disk>
There is no disk in drive. "

Is there any way to install onto the HD using it external through USB...? Like from my old dell desktop then the HD into laptop and use CD to do a repair... or is that not really poss?

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Bronze Win XP badge aford10   05-18-2009 at 03:22:47 AM
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The interface is different. You could try an external enclosure. You would need to change the boot order to boot off usb devices.

------------------------------ CM HAF 932 - 300GB Velociraptor
GIGABYTE GA-EP45T-DS3R
E8500 - Sapphire 1Gb 4850
4G DDR3 OCZ Reaper 1333
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