Problems With Installing Windows On HD

[N4TH]

My Laptop Broke due to power off, i attemted a reboot which failed through freezing , this cuased everything to currupt. i made the bios boot up a disc. since then i have purchase spotmau powersuite professional 2008 (spotmau.com) from this i have wiped my hardrive so it is blank. from this i have partioned it to NTFS. now i am stuck of where to go. i insert a windows XP install disc and it gets to a point where it says i have no hardrives installed. what should i do ?

please help
Many Thanks
Nathan Tuckey

 

[Matthew DeCarlo]

You didn't need to purchase additional software to format your HDD. Odds are, you have a SATA HDD and you just have to load the drivers for it during Windows setup just after booting off the XP CD.

Here's a guide: http://www.cpusolutions.com/mm8004744CPU/HTML/Guides/Installing Windows XP on a SATA Harddrive.htm

 

[N4TH]

i have no idea really but its wiped the hardrive so it is just blank. it is in NTFS and set active. whenever i put in the windows disc it loads up files then says "press enter to install" i press it and it then says it cannot find a hardrive. does anyone know how to partion or format a hardrive so it will be found even tho it is blank and has nothing on it ?

 

[Matthew DeCarlo]

...I was not kidding with my first post and it is still applicable. Here is another guide for you: http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how_do_i_install_windows_xp_on_a.htm