i have dell vostro 1200 laptop.i want to installed operting system on that hdd.but when i start the installation it's show error that there is no hard disk drive FOund.but hdd is detcted in Bios setup
It's likely you're installing XP (which is usually a mistake in itself...). You'll be needing SATA drivers for the controller on your motherboard. Put them on a floppy, then hit F6 when windows XP says "Press F6 to install third-party SATA/RAID controller driver..." or something like that.
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