Hello All,
Very informative thread. Thanks to Tyleryoungblood and all others.
But those steps did not help me. PLEASE HELP! I have already spent two days trying to solve this problem.
Problem: I am trying to install Windows 2003 Server on WD 250GB SATA drive mounted and connected properly inside the PC. I boot from DVD/CD Rom drive. Windows 2003 Setup screen shows up. Windows setup goes through loading various files. It shows Welcome to Windows Setup screen. Gives three options 1) To install Windows press Enter 2) to repair windows press R 3) to quit setup F3. As soon as I press enter to install windows I get 'Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your system.....etc.' message.
I tried changing various BIOS settings as below. I am pretty sure I tried most of the combinations:
BIOS recognizes the drive. It shows this drive on Disk Configuration option.
My BIOS does not have the options posted in this thread. I see following options under Drive Configuration menu of BIOS:
1) Use Automatic Mode <Enable/Disable>
2) Use Serial ATA <Enable/Disable> -- This option shows only when #1 is Disable
3) ATA/IDE Mode <Native/Legacy> - Native is default
4) Configure SATA as <IDE/RAID/AHCI> - RAID is default
5) S.M.A.R.T. <Enable/Disable> - Enable is default - Don't know what this means.
6) Primary Channel - <Enable/Disable> - This option is shown only if #1 (Use Automatic Mode) is disabled.
It also shows SATA Port 0 - through 3. Only Port 0 shows my drive WDC WD2500KS-00M - 250 GB ( This means BIOS recognizes this drive )
I do not have floppy drive. Is there any way to install drivers using USB flash or USB external HD? I have only one CD/DVD drive (which is used to install Windows 2003)
According to the posts on this thread, I am not clear if I
need to have floopy drive just to get Windows 2003 installation going or I need to do that only if I need to change RAID configuration.
Also, I am not sure if this drive can support Windows 2003 server?It lists Windows XP/2000/98/Me. Don't know which drivers to use if needed.
This is a new drive.
My Hardware Configuration is:
I have Gateway 5404 - With Intel Pentium D 2.8 GHz. With Western Digital
250GB SATA-300 WD2500KSRTL drive. Intel Motherboard D945GCL.
Don't know about BIOS manufacturer. BIOS Version: CF94510J.15A.0028.2006.1213.1629.
PLEASE HELP! I have already spent two days trying to solve this problem.
Thank you!