Xp cannot find hard drive on laptop re install?

I just bought a Compaq 6105NR laptop with a SATA hard drive.

The computer came with a massive amount of BLOATWARE and I want to do a reinstall of XP Media Center 2005 "OEM Version" with an un used key and install only the stuff I want.

I have all of the drivers ect. but when I use my windows disk to format/install it does not detect the hard drive, does windows need a special driver to detect the SATA drive?

I know that the option for pressing F6 to install RAID drivers appears if you need to install, but I can install windows without a special driver on my PC tower no problem, is the drive locked? hidden? I tried to use a partition manager to  format but it could not find the drive either any help?


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jguzman40
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Can you post the drives model, manufacturer please?
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Perhaps accessing the BIOS setup, to check the drive parameters and related options, might be helpful.

 
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Go into the BIOS setup and disable SATA option and your problem will be gone.
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iv just brought a new laptop with ubuntu 7.10 when i install windows xp from cd it cannot detect the hard drive why?
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