One problem after another...

[smkeller9]

It seems that my computer when trying to install Windows it says that it can not find the hard drive and can not continue, I have tried everything, any idea what the problem is?

first place to start is does it detect the hard drive in the bios?? did you format and partion your drive first?? what version of windows and what are your components??

[Bruneau]

A little more info may help us to help you. What are you tryin to load and what all lead to this?

[smkeller9]

Ok I was told that after I built this comp that I should just pop the os cd in there. Can you guys give me all of the steps of what I should do to make my computer function? Please give full detail, I am new to ALL of this.


-Kingwin All Aluminum 13-Bay Mid tower Premoded case KT-436WM Black
-ASUS A7N8X Motherboard Specs BUNDLE W/ COOLING FAN & (AMD XP 3000+; KINGSTON 512MB NON-ECC PC3200)
-WD WESTERN DIGITAL "SPECIAL EDITION" 120GB 7200RPM EIDE HARD DRIVE
-ATI All-In-Wonder RADEON 9700 PRO 128MB DDR
-KingWin 450 Watts ATX UL approved Power Supply
-Windows XP

[watchtower7]

first-read the manual that came with your mobo

Well first thing is check the bios to make sure your hd ahs been detected if not then you need to check the settings and the cables to make sure its installed correctly then you can formatt and partion using the western digital drive tools if you don't have the disk you can d/l it here http://support.wdc.com/download/index.asp then someone else will have to help you from there as I know next to nothing about installing xp

edit: i'm assuming since the hd is the only thing you asked about that everything else is working fine???

[Bruneau]

Make sure that you have the hard drive set to Master and check the cable to make sure it's plugged in correctly (to the primary). Also check for bent pins.

What Windows are you trying to load? You probably need to format that hard drive 1st.

to note when you do get the drive working and are going to format it since your using win xp your better off formating it with NTFS unless your going to be dual booting with win 98

[smkeller9]

According to the computer it detects it, it says that it is in the Master Primary, it doesn't detect it when it tries to install Windows XP. Err any other suggestions? I've checked the connections a million times, they all seem to be right.

just like i said you need to format the drive first