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[cocco3]

Im trying to test my .iso i created following the steps from this website. im using vmware workstation to do this. however, this is the first screen that pops up when windows setup begins:

Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer.

Make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and properly connected to your computer, and that any disk-related hardware configuration is correct. This may involve running a manufacturer-supplied diagnostic or setup program.

Setup cannot continue. To quit setup, press F3.

I know this is usually associated with raid/sata, but im almost positive my hard drive isnt. I have a gateway m250 laptop, 80 gig hdd, 1gb ram, 1.73MHz Pentium M. Can anyone let me know if they have any ideas? Here is my winnt.sif file too:

;SetupMgrTag

[Data]

AutomaticUpdates=1

AutoPartition=0

MsDosInitiated="0"

UnattendedInstall="Yes"

[unattended]

UnattendMode=FullUnattended

OemSkipEula=Yes

OemPreinstall=No

TargetPath=\WINDOWS

FileSystem=*

KeyboardLayout="US"

Hibernation=Yes

[GuiUnattended]

AdminPassword="XXXXXXX"

EncryptedAdminPassword=NO

OEMSkipRegional=1

TimeZone=20

OemSkipWelcome=1

[userData]

ProductKey=XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

FullName="JoeyIII"

OrgName=""

ComputerName=JOEYIII

[RegionalSettings]

LanguageGroup=1

Language=00000409

[identification]

JoinWorkgroup=MSHOME

[Networking]

InstallDefaultComponents=Yes

[branding]

BrandIEUsingUnattended=Yes

[Proxy]

Proxy_Enable=0

Use_Same_Proxy=0

Home_Page=http://www.google.com

Search_Page=http://www.google.com

[Components]

Media_utopia = On

msmsgs=off

msnexplr=off

[IcemanND]

if you are testing in VMWare it doesn't matter what your physical hard drive is. VMware will create a virtual disk as a file on your drive and emulates it as a hard drive. Make sure that one is listed in the vm you created. Should be listed as "Hard Disk (IDE 0:0)" or "Hard Disk (SCSI 0:0)" under devices.

Depending upon the version of Vmware you are using and the way you created the VM it may or may not creatwe a virtual hard drive.

[cocco3]

thanks alot that did it. i made a new IDE virtual disk. kind of annoying that it defaults to SCSI. anyways, thanks alot, windows is installing now so we'll see how all of that goes.

[IcemanND]

Not a problem. Good luck.

[LLXX]

"1.73MHz Pentium M"?? Didn't you mean GHz ?