I had the same problem.Check this site out http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/faq/sata_detect.html
If this is what it say in your Hard drive then you will need a sata driver,AFTER you got the driver,when starting installation at the begining it say if you want to install extra driver like...
Garebo, THANKS we got it work,i download the driver but i was suppose to extract then put on to a floppy, but i just put like that and it wasn't reading but then i just click it and it open i just extract the driver it a floppy and BOOM it Work,So thanks once again I went to othersite and no...
Ok i went to Dell site: http://support.euro.dell.com/ie/en/filelib/index.aspx?sid=DIM_PNT_P4_8400&cat=41&os=WW1&dev=7548&devlib=41&fileid=R82876&file=108901
I got the driver but whenever i try to install it say the filetxtsetup.oem could not be found
It came with my dell PC. I found more info if anybody intersted. Thats what shows on my screen.
Go to this link, http://www.seagate.com/support/kb/disc/faq/sata_detect.html
In BIOS it say bios:this hard drive is control by bios.
I have only one sata hard drive and yes it is set on master.
dvd rom and dvd writer.
i haven't clean the cd yet.
Give us few minute and ill do that.
after i have done zero format. It say boot with the operating system and install the OS. I did that but it did not take windows XP it say won't recognised the Hard disk. At that time i hard NTFC. Then i went back and use Diagnostic and put to FAT 32 and this it did not pick windows XP. So i...
Thanks gerebo,
it work but the problem now is it won't take Xp so i chose Windows 98sec, Now i install windows 98sec and trying to upgrade to Xp it is not letting me Do it.Screen of Death pop up (blue screen)I need to use Xp what can i do now.
one thing is sorted the harddrive is up and running...
like i said on the "bios i could not see the anti virus settings".
garebo, im trying to do what you said "You can use the diagnostic to write zeros to the drive and then it will format" im just waiting to finish, Hope fully it will work.
I try to look for it, in system setups but i can't find it.Unless it's somwhere else.
When i boot with windows XP and try to install it say it can't detect the hard drive.
i had windows Xp, on my 160gb,also has symantec Antivirus, i was trying to do partition via partition magic.Before it finish blue screen came up,it never go back to windows, i try on safe mode,last nomal start nothing.so i use the boot disk, now i can do the partition,via partition magic but it...
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