Re: xp can't find the hd


<oldcodger55@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> THIS A NEW BUILD AND OS INSTALL.
> ABIT VT7 MOBO VIA-PT880 CHIPSET-
> 2.4 PRESCOTT CPU
> BRAND X CD-RW
> MAXTOR DIAMONDMAX 6L200MO SATA
> 1GB KINGSTON VALUE RAM
> ENERMAX 431 PSU
>
> I think I have the BIOS correct and the hd shows up on the post screen.
> I did the F6 thing using the floppy that came with the hd and I tried
> maxblast 4. I even tried a 98 boot disk and I get an NTLDR missing
> error. Isn't the nt loader on the os install cd and not the boot
> disk? Any thoughts on why xp can't see the hd are greatly
> appreciated. Thanks.

Do you have the boot order set to SCSI first?

MC


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