Tried to reinstall XP, Cant locate HD drives

Picking up from my last thread, I have now tried to reinstall XP. Setup
could not locate HD drives and aborted.

It will rebook with current configuration (with the viris) but cannot see C
drive.

Thanks again for all of the help.

"Loanshark" wrote:

> Picking up from my last thread, I have now tried to reinstall XP. Setup
> could not locate HD drives and aborted.
>
> It will rebook with current configuration (with the viris) but cannot see C
> drive.
>
> Thanks again for all of the help.

Can you boot up at all?
If you do try to run these cleanins steps then try to Reinstall and follow
the steps give on the like for step-by-step XP Installation.
1... Click start >> Control Panel >> Double Click Network and Internet
Connections >> Double click Internet Options, on the IE Properties window
you will see these Options:
General | Security | Privacy | Content | Connections | Programs
| Advanced .

Click on General Tab (1st Tab on the left) and you will see a Button called
[ Clear History ..] click on it to clear your History caches, then click on
[Delete Files..] to delete Internet Files created over the time, click on [
Delete Cookies...] to delete your cookies left by visiting websites.

= Then try to Disable the Add-Ons on your Browser somehow installed on your
browser, On how to disable the Add-ons follow this:
Click on Programs Tab and then click the Manage Add-Ons Button there Disable
the None/Not Verified Plug-ins/Add-ons ( you need to Renable them one-by-one
later and see which is the culprit or you can send them here in your next
post) and click [OK] to confirm your Changes.
How to manage Add-Ons:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/883256

Click on Advanced Tab and scroll down under the browsing option and uncheck
this box:
[&] Browsing
[ ] Enable Third-Party browser extensions (Req Rest) and click Apply
then OK to close your IE Properties.
Scan for malware from here:
SuperAntispyware - Free
http://www.superantispyware.com/supe...freevspro.html

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-gb/d....htm?s_cid=sah
http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-gb/default.htm
Run a scan from here on-line:
http://security.symantec.com/sscv6/d...d=ie&venid=sym
http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/virusinfo/scan.aspx
Download Avast Cleaner (offline scanner) from here:
http://www.avast.com/eng/avast-virus-cleaner.html
Comodo BOClean : Anti-Malware Version 4.27
http://www.comodo.com/boclean/boclean.html
Here is a Step-By-Step Windows XP: Installation
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/u...p/install.mspx

Please don't start another thread.

HTH,
nass
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http://www.nasstec.co.uk

Adding to my earlier post you may be need to access your BIOS and make your
First Boot Device the CD-ROM then the HDD.
Some by F2 or F9, read the Machine docs to understand how to access the BIOS.

"Loanshark" wrote:

> Picking up from my last thread, I have now tried to reinstall XP. Setup
> could not locate HD drives and aborted.
>
> It will rebook with current configuration (with the viris) but cannot see C
> drive.
>
> Thanks again for all of the help.

"Loanshark" <Loanshark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9F9EBEED-925C-4BF9-9589-4635DB457C59@microsoft.com...
> Picking up from my last thread, I have now tried to reinstall XP. Setup
> could not locate HD drives and aborted.


If the drives are SATA, this is a driver issue; press F6 to add the drivers
at startup, and you will need a floppy disk and drive.

However, some motherboards don't seem to work properly this way, shift the
BIOS out of AHCI mode and the SATA drives should appear in a legacy mode.

Once XP is installed, you can add the drivers and then shift the BIOS back
to AHCI.

Check the system documentation.

HTH
-pk

> It will rebook with current configuration (with the viris) but cannot see
> C
> drive.
>
> Thanks again for all of the help.