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XP PRO won't recognize replacement SATA HDD

Last answer on Nov 12, 2009 3:16:40 pm GMT John, on Nov 7, 2009 6:00:46 pm GMT 
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Hello,
Hello,
My old SATA hard drive crashed and I replaced it with a WD5001AALS hard drive. I can't get Windows XP Professional to recognize the new HDD. It shows up in the boot sequence as healthy and configured but when I try to install The OS it says no hard drive detected. When I tried to set up the boot sequence in BIOS it shows the HDD not present. I'm pretty much a novice and can't figure this out. HELP!

John

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 dancedhall, on Nov 12, 2009 3:16:40 pm GMT

Hi there,

change the slot/bay on the motherboard

then go to bios and reset it to factory default

save and exit bios and boot from installation disk

Thanks

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