Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer.
2 June 2007If you’re getting this error message when trying to load an operating system, then most likely you’re using SATA or SCSI hard drives that aren’t included in the OS, and you need to supply a source for them.
If you’re using Windows, you would press F6 when prompted by the operating system in the early states of installation. Then you’d use a floppy to load the correct drivers.
Cheers.
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July 4th, 2007 at 9:07 pm
i had the same problem like a month ago after i removed the vista ultimate version from my laptop and i when i was trying to install windows xp operating system … i got the same problem , since that time i tried alot solautions like formating the hard disk , but got nothing the same error msg ….. for info (i have fujitsu siemens lifebook c series) plz can you help me for this problem ana as you know there is no floppy disk . is there any way to fix this problem
July 4th, 2007 at 9:31 pm
You need to boot from the Windows CD, and provide SATA drivers for your hard drive. You press F6 while the boot CD is loading, and then use a floppy disk to load the drivers. Then Windows will recognize your hard drive.
July 5th, 2007 at 12:42 am
sorry i think you didn’t recognize what i said about floppy disk sorry. I HAVE NO FLOPPY DISK . what can i do am asking if there any way to fix this problem or not that’s all and i hope anyone to help me for god sake
July 5th, 2007 at 12:49 am
No floppy drive? If you using a notebook you can also use an external USB floppy drive. That has worked for me in the past.
Your only other alternative is to slipstream your drivers into a Windows Install CD. Do a google search on “raid slipstream”. Plenty of resources out there to get you going.
Cheers.
July 5th, 2007 at 2:13 am
thanks bro i will try the raid slipstream and it does not work i should try to lend or buy a usb floppy disk to fix this stupid problem i have never seen b4… and thx again for supporting me.
Cheers…
July 5th, 2007 at 2:20 am
you know , i can’t even install windows 98 or windows me operating system i don’t know what the hell going with my hard disk , well let me start my laptop and show you what the error msg say when i’m trying to install win98 or winme operating system and back for you with th error msg lol even my brain going to have an error msg too cuz of this problem i can’t fix u know if you help me to install win98 or winme operating system that will be cool and iw ill not looking for xp anymore just anything to see my laptop working :(
July 5th, 2007 at 2:47 am
here the error msg with windows 98 operating system (setup found a compressed volume or a disk-cache utility on your computer. quit settup and check your compressed volume with your disk compression software or remove the disk-cache utility. then run setup again) …
setup cannot create files on your startup drive and cannot setup windows 98.
and here too the other msg when i run the setup in windows 98 and windows me operating system(if you have HPFS or NTFS ,you must create an MS-DOs boot partition. if you have lantastic server or superstor compression disable it before running setup. see setup.txt on setup disk 1 or the windows 98 compact disc )…. have no idea for what they talking about !!!! :( just help me for this problem i swear i got tired from this like a month ago trying to fixing :(
July 5th, 2007 at 6:31 am
Windows 98? Buy a new computer!
July 7th, 2007 at 2:16 am
i fixed the problem with the oldest operating system now i have window me but still can’t install windows xp cuz of this problem you know and anyway thx you for supporting
July 21st, 2007 at 10:26 am
Reboot your system and hit F2 as soon as you see the Fujitsu startup screen (the options are F2 for setup, F12 for boot sequence).
In the System Setup screen, do these steps.
Select Drives:
Make sure that “Drive 0: Enabled” and
AHCI “Disable”
Your system probably came set to “RAID Autodetect / AHCI” - THIS SETTING CAUSES YOUR SYSTEM TO GO INTO AN IDE LOOP AND DOESN’T ALLOW IT TO FIND YOUR FACTORY INSTALLED SATA DRIVE.
Reboot - make sure that the boot sequence is set to CD rom before HD and make sure that the reinstall CD is in the drive. Setup will load, hit enter to reinstall XP. Your HD should now be detected and you should see the licensing agreement.
Once you have successfully reinstalled the OS, it was recommended that you change the AHCI “Enable” (or back to whatever your factory setting was) to avoid any problems with other IDE devices installed on your system.
August 16th, 2007 at 6:19 pm
I am having the same issue, except under my bios menu, there is no option to adjust the AHCA option (I am running a Qosmio G35-AV660 Toshiba Laptop). I am running two hard drives and I can change their state from 1Raid-0 to JBOD, however I don’t think that really has to do with anything. I was wondering if I could use a flash drive instead of a floppy drive to input the SATA drivers.
-Thanks
August 16th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
You didn’t say what OS you’re trying to install, but if it’s XP or earlier, you’ll definitely need a floppy drive. You can get an external usb floppy that should work. Optionally you can create a slipstreamed CD with your SATA drivers built in, but that can be a pain. Just Google it, and you’ll find tons of resources. Good luck.
September 11th, 2007 at 12:58 pm
Thanx “hee”, your advice was extremely helpful. We couldn’t have installed Windows XP without your help!!!!!!!!!!
Much obliged!
October 17th, 2007 at 10:14 am
I have a similar problem although I still get the same error even after I have installed the raid / sata driver during the setup process using the f6 key. I am using windows XP. I’m not sure what caused the problem to begin with. I unplugged my computer to move it and when I set it up again it wouldn’t boot.
November 12th, 2007 at 1:37 am
hey,Recently I deleted my hard disk partiton now my laptop can’t read my hard drive when I try to instal l windows XP.It sya “no hard disk found on system”
Please help out
November 12th, 2007 at 11:32 am
If you’re using a SATA drive, I would recommend what I wrote.
November 16th, 2007 at 7:58 am
when i try to install a fresh version of xp professional after some time it says “Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer.” ihave an samgsung raid(HD 080HJ)HARD DRIVE PLEASE HELP ME
November 16th, 2007 at 8:56 am
You didn’t say if you tried downloading the drivers, and doing what I recommended in the post..
November 23rd, 2007 at 3:00 am
Great job…”hee”…it work for me to
December 4th, 2007 at 10:33 am
I just wanted to say a big THANKYOU to hee for his wisdom above, you have saved me buckets of time and answereda question that the tech support guys at Dell couldn’t.
Kind regards, Lee.
December 7th, 2007 at 2:16 am
I also have a similar problem where I am stuck in a windows xp repair reinstallation that cycles and goes no where b/c it is not recognizing the hard drive at all (however, the utility program diagnostic sees it) using the original oem cd. I
ve gone into the bios and disabled ACHi and F6, and now i get a boot error blue screen of death for hard drive corruption 0×0000007b (0xf7c7b640, 0xc0000034). Does anyone have any suggestions?
Im running a Dell 8400.
December 7th, 2007 at 10:34 pm
I got the same problem as mms, i have a partition with ubuntu i don’t know if that affects in some way, i’m going to try both solutions posted here, if there is succes i’ll post back reporting the situation.
December 10th, 2007 at 8:31 am
Thanks hee
December 11th, 2007 at 7:48 am
THANKS HEE, It worked for me aswell! Instead of “disable” it just said “enable IDE” instead of “enable AHCI”
Thanks so much!
December 17th, 2007 at 9:01 am
Hee - thank you very much for posting that solution. After wasting 3 days with Dell and other resources your solution worked like a charm! Thank you.
Dell Dimension 8400
December 26th, 2007 at 9:55 pm
Thanks Hee and Contradel. Just what I need to get XP reloaded on my Dell 8400.
December 28th, 2007 at 5:03 pm
K First of all I am running a LG R200 Notebook and it came with windows vista premimium installed. Having removed vista from my desktop I attempted the same with my notebook except I did something wronge and now it tells me when i go to install xp that Windows cannot find any hard disk drives installed cann someone please help me out and if its a driver i need to install can you pros also give me the site in which i can install it from thanks allot
Your Pall Mr.Smith
P.S dbl04@hotmail.com
December 28th, 2007 at 5:21 pm
Go to LG’s website and find your notebook under their support section and then search for a SATA driver. Download & save to floppy. Press F6 when loading XP and load the sata driver. Cheers.
January 1st, 2008 at 11:42 pm
I was just given an abs computer with an amd processor 64 bit 2.20 ghz with 2.00 gigs of ram and it’s running microsoft windows xp professional version 2002 service pack 2. we think it’s an abs ultimate m6, but have no way of verifying this, i just checked the specs and they seemed to match up.
This makes sense, but i cant find out where i can download the sata drivers from.
i went to abs.com which has driver downloads available, but all they have is drivers for input devices, sound cards, midi devices, and network and modem drivers and that’s it.
January 5th, 2008 at 4:51 am
I have the same problem
setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer :(
thank you for help
January 12th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
Thanks hee. worked like a charm
January 18th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Thanks Hee, works for me as well!
January 28th, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. I’m getting this error after I installed a new IDE HDD. I’m trying to load XP Pro SP2, and there’s no OS at all right now; i.e. this is not a Vista downgrade. SATA drivers to fix an IDE that the Thinkpad BIOS and Windows Setup can’t see? Help!
January 30th, 2008 at 5:53 am
i too had problem of installing Xp.. and hard disc not detected and BSOd etc.. I changed my BIOS from AHCI to IDE.. it works now.. but if I try to set it back to ACHI i still hace the problem. I have a SATA hard disc .. core 2 duo. acer 4710.
April 7th, 2008 at 3:30 am
I have a problem in my pc when i format my pc using fdisk in floppy drive i delete the partition but forgot to create a partition then i installed windows 98 but it has a error it says that no partition device found and when i using again fdisk the error is “no fixed disks present”what shall i do do? i think my hard drive have defective..pls help me.thanks!
April 13th, 2008 at 9:58 am
Hee–your the BOMB!! Thanks for you correct info, very clear and easy to understand, it worked!!!
Bless you!!!
June 8th, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Thanks a lot Hee.. it worked like Magic !!
June 18th, 2008 at 3:45 am
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In the System Setup screen, do these steps.
Select Drives:
Make sure that “Drive 0: Enabled” and
AHCI “Disable”
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^ THIS FUCKIN WORKED!! THANKS HEE!!
July 10th, 2008 at 5:51 pm
Thanks Hee, your fix worked great.
July 12th, 2008 at 10:37 am
i just got an acer extensa 5620 - 4020 and first of all my laptop restarted itself in my carrying case and fried itself, after calling acer support they mailed me the system disks and recovery disks so i excitedly read the instructions and tried to install them and right after it says its finished loading everything it says no hdd available when you hit ok it restarts itself! PLEASE HELP! i have vista and its only 2 months old acer support is closed for the weekend and my phones internet doesn’t let me go to their site. :-(
July 13th, 2008 at 10:37 pm
I’m getting the error message but my bios doesn’t have that ACPI button. What do I do?