Windows Setup Can Not Detect New Hard Disk

I am trying to install Western Digital Caviar black 1 TB Sata Hard Drive. Windows XP will not detect the Hard
Disk. I tried using an old Western Digital diagnostic CD that did not work. It economized it and formatted it but
when I put in the XP disk it still did not detect it. I have brand new cables for my brand new Hard Drive.
I also so tried some troubleshooting slipstreaming files and creating a new set up disk but that did not work
either.

See here http://www.digitgeek.com/how-to-slipstream-sata-drivers-into-xp-cd/
http://www.howtohaven.com/system/slipstream-xp-service-pack-3.shtml.

My BIOS On Chip IDE devices are set as follows:

On Chip Sata: Enabled
Sata Mode: RAID
IDE DMA Transfer Access: Enabled
OnChip IDE Channel l0: Enabled
OnChip IDE i1: Enabled
OnChip Prefetch Mode: Enabled
Onboard Lan Boot Rom: Disabled

Please help, thanks in advance.

System:
Desktop
O/S: Windows XP
RAM: 2 Gigs
Mother Board: PM8M-V (MS-7104 v. 20A)
Hard Disk: Western Digital Caviar Black Sata 1 Terabyte

 

Does your BIOS detect the drive on boot up? When you first turn the computer on, there should be a list of options along the bottom of the screen. One of them should say something like "Press <key> to enter BIOS". Press this key repeatedly until you get into a screen with normally a blue background. Then have a look using the arrow keys for the boot devices list. Then see if the drive is in the "hard drive boot priority" list.

If you need more help then post back.

 

I know what your talking about, when computer first turns on and starts to flash and scan devices, but when i go into the BIOS I dont see it.

 

Are you sure the drive is formatted with NTFS?

 

Well it was, and what i had to do was swith the Sata Mode from RAID to IDE, thats all. Thanks all!