I need some help ( 3 Views )

1. I have a Dell XPS Pent.4 3.4 ghz,serial ATA 250 gig hard drive. I replaced the chip last week and everything was fine. The BSOD started showing up about 3 days ago. At first it was maybe every couple of hours, then every 15 min. Now I boot to the BSOD.
   
   The error message is unmountable boot volume. After some research I decided to reinstall windows. During the install process windows doesn't detect a hard drive.
   
   What am I doing wrong???
   
   Thanks in advance.
   
   
   (ilknur, Jamaica)


2. When attempting to install Microsoft Windows XP or a previous version on an AHCI-enabled system will cause the setup to fail with the error message "set up could not detect hard disk drive".
   
   The easiest fix is just to disable the AHCI in the BIOS in the Advanced Menu.
   
   I don't know if this is the case with XPS, but worth a look.
   
   Be sure you are using XP SP2
   Good luck
   
   Link to more than you want to know
   
   
   (SEVGÝ, Belarus)


3. you can also try booting off your windows CD into recovery mode and run fixmbr
   
   
   (hatice, Bahrain)


4. If the drive isnt detected during install it could be that you have plugged the drive into the RAID controller and havent pressed F6 to install the driver for it.
   
   you can either locate the driver disk or plug your drive into a non RAID channel.
   
   
   (bilal, Australia)

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