Replaced dead SATA drive, new SATA not showing

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Hey guys,
Have a bit of an issue though, here's the scenario:
80GB SATA hard drive fails. I physically take it out, replace it with a
different brand but also 80GB SATA hard drive. When I restart PC with Win.XP
CD in CD Rom to obviously reinstall OS, I receive an error message saying "No
Boot Device Found, F1 to retry, F2 etc. etc."
I go into the BIOS, the HDD shows there, so does the CD Rom and DVD Rom. But
everytime I restart I get the same message.
I took the HDD out, connected it to another system, used Disk Manager and
partioned and formatted the new HDD. Attached it to its system, same message
again. I removed the CD + DVD Rom, attached a working tester CD Rom,
restarted the PC. Got the message again but this time was able to actually
boot off the CD, then once the setup files were loaded, the installation
stopped saying that it can't detect any hard drives.
So I am a bit confused as to why the BIOS sees it but that's it. If I am
replacing a drive, does new SATA controller drivers have to be installed?
Any help would be grately appreciated!
 
Hi,

So, Windows XP doesn't recognize the HDD, because there is no driver. You
need a Driver floppy disk with the SATA drivers on it. If you boot from
Windows XP CD for Installation you should press F6 and then you can instert a
floppy disk with drivers.

I have the same problem. I can't install Windows XP without a SATA-Driver
Floppy disk, there is no way with the original WIndows XP CD. Without a
driver disk, I have no hdd devices.

Greets
Wolla
 
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