On Wed, 14 May 2008 16:30:51 -0400, "Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote:

>"Deanna" <Deanna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:6B98636B-D1FD-4C2F-8703-CCA5D0564D19@microsoft.com...
>>
>>
>> My computer was on and i was away from it and i guess it tried to reboot
>> itself which has never happened before.
>>
>> It then said "not a system disk" so i put in my XP System Recovery disk in
>> to try and just get windows going again....and pressed a key. It then
>> said
>> " No hard disk found"
>>
>> Does this mean my hard drive is fried? Not sure what caused it but it is
>> an
>> older computer. Is there any way to save it?
>>
>> Thanks for any help
>
>If your system has SATA hard disks, the message can mean that the driver
>isn't installed.
>
>Regardless, your best effort at this point would be to back up your data.
>Simply remove the drive from your system, attach it to another (perhaps
>using a USB2 drive case) XP system with enough drive space, and copy the
>files off.
>
>HTH
>-pk
>


Sorry about this but my Intel motherboard with no SATA disk was still giving the
messsage - "no disks found" and I have floppy I need to use - it is marked
IT8212 ATAPI. To use that I have to hit F6 early in the setup. I then get the
chance to use that floppie - later in the installation I need the Raid Driver
and if I install any further SATA's I still need to use the first floppie again.

So it is the motherboard that needs to know in the first place.

B|rge in sunny Perth, Australia