Hard Drive not detected

[redgey]

I recently posted a thread about a problem I had in loading Win XP onto a ne SATA HDD. It would not install .It got to the format part of the instalation, & then i got this a blue screen stating hard error, then it stopped.

I was told by someone who inspected the PC, that the MB had died, but my son was able to load XP from DOS.

Although it works, he did not use my XP disc, so I cannot activate it. Another thing is that when I 1st switch on I get script stating the SATA drive could not be found, Press F1 to continue. I press F1 & it BOOTS up normaly. If it is not detecting the HDD, how is it working?

[redgey]

OK I sorted the BOOT problem. I just need some help with this install Prob. I get this msg STOP:unknownharderror\systemroot\system32\NTDL.dll

[BJD88]

Hi redgey,

 

had a quick browse on the net and found this forum post which my be helpful:

 

"stop c0000221 unknown hard error systemroot\system32\ntdll.dll" - Tech Support Forum

 

There are links to soultions in some of the posts, maybe they can help you resolve this issue.

 

BJD