Error: IDE0 not found while isntall Window XP

[jyik]

Hi,

I'm not sure if this is the right place for this.

Anyone know what my problem is, I formatted my Seagate 160Gb HD and booted from CDROM to install Window XP, I was able to finish the first part which is coping all the window files into the HD but after all files got copied over and needed to reboot to continue with the installation, can't boot into the HD keep getting a IDE 0 not found. I know it's there also the first part on the Window XP install I am able to select C drive to install.

Anyone know what the problem is?

Thanks

[kev7555]

Not certain why yours is not there but I have successfully solved this on my system several times by disconnecting the IDE cable from the hard drive, booting the computer and waiting for it to show no hard disks attached and then turning off the computer, re-seating the cable and rebooting. Often, Windows will detect the hard drive after doing this.

-Kev

[glc]

Maybe the hard drive is not on IDE 0 and IDE 0 is the first hard drive in the boot order?

[jyik]

Thanks for some responds

In beginning every startup the system check what hardware you have and shows on the DOS screen. It's able to see my seagate hd as primary but still say IDE 0 not found when try to continue Window XP setup.

glc
I did try to set boot from IDE 0 , IDE 1, IDE 2, IDE 3 no luck.

[GaryRouth]

Is your Seagate a parallel "Ultra-DMA100" or a serial "SATA" drive?

[jyik]

Gary,

It's a parallel "Ultra-DMA100"

[legend_018]

Is the harddrive set to master or CS? If it's the only harddrive i think it's suppose be set to CS.

Also, I'm assuming that it's found in the bios?

[jyik]

I try to do both, set to CS and Master, I even try a different HD same result

[legend_018]

I believe it has somethign to do with the cabling? Do you have the main IDE cable going into your cd drive? Try using that.

[jyik]

let me see if I understand this,

I try using a different ide cable same error.

Currently I have 1 IDE cable going directly to my HD and my 2nd IDE cable going directly to my dvd writer. you want me to connect the main ide cable to my dvd writer to test if it works?

[GaryRouth]

jyik - sounds like your cables are in the right order - IDE0 Primary to hard drive, IDE1 Primary to DVD. If they are good cables, and your hard drive jumper is set to CS, and connected at the far end of the cable, you should be OK with that part.

Are the drives set to "Auto" in the Bios?

Try creating the SeaTools bootable diagnostic floppy (if they have a version that will run from the latest SeaTools CD - that'd be fine, too), boot the computer with the SeaTools disk, and see if it can see and run diagnostics just fine. Or if it can't find the drive either.

If it finds it OK, run the diagnostics. If it doesn't find it, try slaving the Seagate in another PC (or use an external USB 2.0 hard drive enclosure) - and test it there.

If the Seagate isn't found on your PC, but is fine in another computer, and passes the diagnostics there, try zero-writing the drive, then updating the Bios of your motherboard, then place the Seagate back into the problem computer - taking extra care with the cabling and jumpers, and try the install again. Let XP Setup take care of the partitioning and formatting of the drive. Disconnect from any networks; disconnect any printers, cameras, PDAs, external memory card readers, flash drives, multifunction devices, etc. -until the installation is complete. Don't connect any network cables until the firewall, antivirus, and antispyware are installed & running.

I wonder if static charge disrupted the bios on your motherboard while you were inside the case. Time will tell.

Best of luck
. . . Gary