Hey guys...
Just finished up a new pc with a MSI motherboard (K8M890 chipset) with a WD sata hard drive.
All of the hardware appears to be functioning properly, and the hard drive is present in BIOS. When trying to load Windows XP I receive an error - no hard drive found. This is immediately upon installation, I do not get the option to choose a drive,partition,etc...
I'm assuming that I need to load the drivers from the MSI cd, but its not bootable. So how can I do that without first loading an OS? I read similar topics on this board, but most ended with 'load the sata drivers.' Shouldn't my MSI disc be bootable? Or am I overlooking something?
I should mention that this is my first sata hd install, but power and sata cables are connected and as I mentioned the drive is present in BIOS.
Any other information needed please let me know. Thanks in advance for your help!