When I boot up my computer, I see my hard drive's serial ID# flash on the screen. However, when I try to install Windows XP, XP tells me that there are no hard drives available.
I've tried to install both XP32bit and XP64- XP64 isn't supposed to require extra drivers (they're supposed to be on the install disc, says western digital), XP32 is. I tried XP32 just to see if the 32bit drivers would work, but it still can't find the drive.
I've run WD's hard drive diagnostic utilities -- they see the drive just fine -- and the tests all pass.
There is data on the drive, a few NTFS partitions that I don't mind getting rid of. But when I try a different EIDE drive with existing partitions, XP offers to delete those partitions for me, so I'm sure it's not just because the disk hasn't been formatted recently.
I don't have any other SATA-compatible computers to try the drive out on. Does anyone have any suggestions for things to try? Thanks very much.
liam morley
I've tried to install both XP32bit and XP64- XP64 isn't supposed to require extra drivers (they're supposed to be on the install disc, says western digital), XP32 is. I tried XP32 just to see if the 32bit drivers would work, but it still can't find the drive.
I've run WD's hard drive diagnostic utilities -- they see the drive just fine -- and the tests all pass.
There is data on the drive, a few NTFS partitions that I don't mind getting rid of. But when I try a different EIDE drive with existing partitions, XP offers to delete those partitions for me, so I'm sure it's not just because the disk hasn't been formatted recently.
I don't have any other SATA-compatible computers to try the drive out on. Does anyone have any suggestions for things to try? Thanks very much.
liam morley