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by gcarriglio

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Hi

I've recently bough a Fujitsu lifebook S series, however the person who sold me it supplied me with the wrong user name and password so i cant log in and i can no longer get hold of him. i've tried reinstalling Windows XP, but ive run into a problem for some reason it doesnt detect the hard drive and give me a no hard drive found error, yet it seems to boot into XP ok and i can get into the log on screen.

The hard drive in question is a SATA drive, i checked the bios and it's regonized there and set as HD-0

Any suggestions on how i can get the laptop to regonize the hard drive so i can reinstall XP
would be greatly appreciated

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by evilhomergd

You may need to provide the drivers for the SATA controller for XP Setup to detect the hard drive. You should be able to get the F6 disk from Fujitsu's site. When you startup using the install disk, you'll see a prompt to press F6 if you need to install 3rd party drivers.

by gcarriglio

Thanks i'll give that a go, if i stick the files on a flash drive will it still be picked up during the installation process?

by evilhomergd

I've never had good luck using any USB device for the F6 disk. That doesn't mean it won't work, just that I've never had success doing it. If you can set your BIOS to treat the flash drive as a floppy drive, it may just work. Let me know how you make out.

by ic-it

Turn off Sata Native Mode.
Then the install will detect the drive. After installation (and download/install of sata drivers), turn it back on.

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