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chainsawred · 06-21-2003, 08:29 PM

I got my computer assembeled today. It is an Asus a7n8x Deluxe mobo with Athlon Xp 2400+. Got into the BIOS setup, no problem. My problem is installing Windows XP. Right before it is about to start Windows setup, it tells me that there is no hard drive, check cables....

But the BIOS setup tells me the hard drive is there. I've looked at a few tutorials, and they say the hard drive must be partitioned.... but to partition them, you use something called fdisk that COMES WITH WINDOWS...? Plus, most of these tutorials are several years old and don't really deal with XP.

The hard drive is a Western Digital Caviar 40GB. I got it OEM, so no documentation to speak of, except whats printed on the label.

If anybody can point me towards a solution, it would be much appreciated....

06-21-2003, 08:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
chainsawred Tilted Location: the hills of kentucky	My First Homebuild Part 2 : Stumped by XP Installation I got my computer assembeled today. It is an Asus a7n8x Deluxe mobo with Athlon Xp 2400+. Got into the BIOS setup, no problem. My problem is installing Windows XP. Right before it is about to start Windows setup, it tells me that there is no hard drive, check cables.... But the BIOS setup tells me the hard drive is there. I've looked at a few tutorials, and they say the hard drive must be partitioned.... but to partition them, you use something called fdisk that COMES WITH WINDOWS...? Plus, most of these tutorials are several years old and don't really deal with XP. The hard drive is a Western Digital Caviar 40GB. I got it OEM, so no documentation to speak of, except whats printed on the label. If anybody can point me towards a solution, it would be much appreciated....