I can't install windows on my new drive

[donahue]

After blowing up my old ATA drive when overclocking, I ordered a new 160GB SATA drive. It arrived today, OEM, and now Windows XP Home is not recognizing it when I try to format. I have a single SATA connecting it to the mobo and that's all. Is it connected right?

The error message I get is: "Seyup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. Make sure hard disk drives are powered ona nd properly connected to your computer, and that any disk-related hardware configuration is correct. This may involve running a manufacturer-supplied diagnostic or setup program. Setup cannot continue. To quit setup, press F3."

Any advice??

[Tigerbiten]

You need to hit F6 at the start of Windozes setup and install your SATA drivers from floppy.

Luck.......... :D
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[jthm]

My sata drive is connected with a sata cable as well as a one other

[donahue]

Dammit, I was cheap and didn't buy a floppy drive.

/steals floppy from parent's computer ;)

[donahue]

Should I have gotten a floppy disk with my HDD? Because I didn't. All I have is a SATA RAID driver disk that came with my mobo.

[spectrum]

Those are the drivers you need. The drivers are controller dependant not HDD dependant.
Spec

[donahue]

What cables connect SATA drive? The one that goes to motherboard and what other cable? Molex power connector or the other one?

[donahue]

I tried everything. After, or during the POST it does read the drive as 157,000 MBs but on windows install it still won't work. :mad: So, even after pressing F6 the drive isn't recognized.

[donahue]

Floppy cable was loose. SATA drive is formatting as I type. FINALLY!