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August 24

SATA/RAID HDD NOT FOUND ERROR DURING WINDOWS SETUP!

When I tried to install windows XP, it was unable to find the hard disk installed in my pc and it shows a blue screen (shown below)

My Hard Disk detects in BIOS and also in the Computer Startup Screen.
Mostly this problem happens when you have a SATA Hard Disk and If you configured it as RAID/SATA mode in BIOS. I have found three ways to fix this problem

[Changing BIOS Settings]

You can change the SATA/RAID Mode to IDE by: Enter to BIOS(eg:AwardBIOS) > Integrated Peripherals > SATA Devices Configuration > SATA Mode > [RAID] and change to [IDE]

But if this idea is not suitable, goto 2nd Idea

[Load Drivers from a FloppyDisk / USB Drive]

- You can load SataRaid Drivers from a Floppy disk by Pressing F6 from keyboard While you are installing Windows XP it shows “Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver…” bottom of the screen.

If you don't have a Floppy Drive, goto 3rd Idea

[Burning a nLited Windows CD]

For a long term solution of this problem I would suggest you to follow first Idea(Changing Bios Settings) or else burn a nLited Windows CD and use it to install Windows on your PC.

So here below I have posted a Video Tutorial which can help you to make a nLited Windows XP CD with SATA/RAID Support:

Click the above Link to Play