hard drive not recognize in bios

[ProblemChild223]

I installed xp prof. It formatted the drive as Ntfs with no choice in the setup. Every time I reboot it kick me to the set up. The setup program shows the partition with an OS on it. But upon POST I noticed that it isn't see the drive. So it boils down to the setup can see it yet the bios can't. Any Ideas???


Thanks guy and gals

Andre

 

[seanpmi]

Same problem here...cables ok, jumpers checked (tried both Master/Slave and cable select). The new drive is the master. Win XP sees the drive but BIOS won't...BIOS is latest version (recognizes up to 137G) and the drive is 120G WD1200BB. Help appreciated.

 

[wolluf]

seanpmi - is this actually causing you any problems? (XP is too clever by half sometimes - tends to ignore the bios - eg, if you set bios to 'no drive' for hard drive, XP will still see it). Must admit bit surprised this drive will boot if bios not detecting it (XP only kicks in after its booted of course).

 

[seanpmi]

Yep, it's a problem as the install ain't happening. XP finds it fine and puts the install files on it, then upon mandatory rebooting to continue installation, it cycles wanting to choose partition, put files on, etc. all over again. It simply won't finish installation. I don't mind the BIOS not seeing it, but I need XP to see it all the way through the installation and then being able to boot into WinXP successfully thereafter.

 

[jward52]

The obvious question here is, did you look in cmos setup to see if auto detect is checked for the hard drive. You should also be able to manually enter the head/cylinder/sector numbers from the hard drive label if the auto detect won't work for you.

 

[ProblemChild223]

Hey guys thanks for your info. I was able to install updated Bios and it found it.

Thanks

 

[seanpmi]

jward52, yep autodetect is turned on...will try manual entry and let you know

 

[seanpmi]

Well, I manually entered the cylinders, heads, sectors, etc. with exactly the same results. WinXP puts the install files on the drive, then says it has to reboot to continue installation, reboots and reverts to the agreement screen...a vicious cycle.

 

[wolluf]

Using 80 wire IDE cable? (does mobo support ATA66+?)

Have you tried it on secondary IDE controller?

 

[seanpmi]

Using 40 pin IDE cable. Mobo supports up to ATA66. Drive is compatible with that mode per WD specs.

 

[seanpmi]

Ok...got it up and installed..know what I did? I unplugged the old drive. BIOS found the new drive, and install completed. Doesn't that beat all? Anyways, thanks for the help.

 

[wolluf]

glad to hear you're sorted.

 

[jward52]

Strange that u had to unplug the old drive. I don't know what bios you are using but both drives should have been ID'd by it.