Error Message:Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your system

[Ziox]

Hello, again. I really need your help with Windows now.

Scenerio:
New HP Pavillion dv6000t Laptop, preinstalled with Windows Vista Home Premium
I want to install Windows XP. So I placed my legitimite Windows XP installation disc in the Optical Drive, and the setup loads. However, when I tried to install Windows XP, the setup application produced the following output (error):


Error Message:Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your system


Does anyone know of a way to fix this error?

Thanks in advance.

[insane_alien]

Is it one of those new hybrid drives with the flash cache or a SATA drive? if its one of those XP might not show it up and you'll need to slipstream some drivers.

if its a PATA disk, just double check the connection. or you could pop an ubuntu disk in and check that ubuntu can see the driver.

[Ziox]

Thanks for the help. It's solved now. It turned out that I just needed to disable a BIOS function in order for XP to see the SATA drive. Ubuntu managed to install without a hiccup. Wow!

[insane_alien]

YES! random rambling about things i haven't one in ages pays off!

sorry, i seem to be in a weird mood today.