Didn’t Set Up Windows XP
I see My Hard disk on BIOS, but When I insert Windows XP CD to boot. After hardware configuration, an error message occurs. "There is no Hard Drive. PRESS F3 to restart".
How can I solve this problem?
I see My Hard disk on BIOS, but When I insert Windows XP CD to boot. After hardware configuration, an error message occurs. "There is no Hard Drive. PRESS F3 to restart".
How can I solve this problem?
You are experiencing a hard disk with a bad sectors. This will unable you to reformat your PC this time because the hard disk is broken.
Hello,
This problem is with the proper detection of the hard drive which applies to both the standard IDE or SATA internal hard drive and optical drive. If you want to install an operating system like Windows XP, your hard drive must be properly detected and configured.
If you see your hard drive in the BIOS but it disappears when booting from the CD, check the hard drive’s jumper settings. For you to install an operating system on the hard drive, the hard drive itself must be set to “Master”. This setting is enabled using the jumper which you can find next to the ribbon cable or data cable at the back of the hard drive.
The operating system will install even if the hard drive is configured as Secondary Master because it is still in the Master setting but it will never install on a Slave drive. To set your hard drive as Master, turn off your CPU then open the CPU case. Remove all the cables at the back of the hard drive then see if the jumper is set to “Master”.
Refer to the proper pin configuration printed on top of the hard drive. If the jumper is incorrect, remove the jumper and transfer it to the “Master” pin setting. When you are finished, connect all the cables back and try detecting the hard drive again.