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07.07.2008 at 05:15AM PDT, ID: 23543052
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Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed on your computer

Asked by jdana in Windows XP Operating System, Windows Vista

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I'm trying install a purchased copy of Windows XP SP2 onto a new Dell Latitude laptop with Vista Home.  I booted from the install CD, saw the 5-minutes worth of blue & white XP install CD setup screens, got to the Setup (press Enter) / Repair (press R) / Quit (press F3) screen, selected Setup, and I arrived at a screen stating, "Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed on your computer."  

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1) The computer boots fine into Vista Home.
2) I have a several installation CDs for Windows XP.  I tried the same process with two of these CDs and saw the same "did not find hard disk" error.  

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[+][-]07.07.2008 at 05:24AM PDT, ID: 21944362

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