On Fri, 23 May 2008 08:57:14 +0800, nesredep egrob <Long. -31,48.21 Lat.
115,47.40> wrote:

>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

In addition, I have looked at the BIOS and find that SATA is seen and the
message is SATA AHCI MODE ENABLED but that message is greyed so presumeably it
is the use of the floppies that has impressed the message on the BIOS and the
fact that the SATA Raid is installed that made it go grey.

B|rge in sunny Perth, Australia