Error Windows Setup: "setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer"
This is not exactly a programming question but I thought you guys might be able to help. I just received a Dell Precision 670 workstation. Windows is not recognizing the hard drive and I have experienced this before with other computers. I usually would just go in the bios and set the configuration to compatibility mode.
I have no idea how to do this on this machine. There is this Adaptec SCSI HostRaid BIOS v4.30.4S5 screen on startup. It says to press CTRL A for SCSI select utility. It shows a Maxtor ATLAS10K5_73WLS for the drive.
I was wondering if anyone out there knew how to configure this thing so that windows setup will recognize the hard drive? Any advice is very much appreciated and if you have to know further information please let me know. Raid was turned off in the BIOS for this device.
TY
Best Answer
You'll have to go to Adaptec's site and download the windows setup drivers. On XP you'll need to put the drivers onto a floppy disk and put that in a floppy drive - i'm not sure about vista as i've never installed it but i think the installer wasn't changed until Win7 to allow removable media (usb drive, etc.) for the "F6" drivers.
You'll see a prompt that says "Press F6 for additional drivers" (or something similar) press F6 then let setup search your A: drive. You should be good to go then.