im comp illiterate...bare with me
recently had a comp built and trying to install a first time OS..
using microsoft windows xp and upon trying to install i was giving a "hard drive not found error" took it to some techy friends and they decided wed have to install 3rd party RAID and or SATA "drivers" and they kept trying to put em on a floppy and boot the comp and after going thru several they found one..it worked but they didnt go thru the installation cuz we didnt have enuff time... so i took the comp home thinkin the driver is their and i can load the OS now..
when i tried to load got the same harddrive not found error..they told me this might happen so i had to use the floppy i plugged it in all right and when i try to boot the 3rd party drivers it says no drive found in A drive and the floppy seems to not be running it at all not making any kind of noises cept when i first put the disk in..
i dont know?? help me out
recently had a comp built and trying to install a first time OS..
using microsoft windows xp and upon trying to install i was giving a "hard drive not found error" took it to some techy friends and they decided wed have to install 3rd party RAID and or SATA "drivers" and they kept trying to put em on a floppy and boot the comp and after going thru several they found one..it worked but they didnt go thru the installation cuz we didnt have enuff time... so i took the comp home thinkin the driver is their and i can load the OS now..
when i tried to load got the same harddrive not found error..they told me this might happen so i had to use the floppy i plugged it in all right and when i try to boot the 3rd party drivers it says no drive found in A drive and the floppy seems to not be running it at all not making any kind of noises cept when i first put the disk in..
i dont know?? help me out