HARD drive is not recognized during installation of Windows XP on Qosmio F30 - 140

Dear alls,

I'm trying to install winxp on my Qosmio F30-140, but when I boot from the CD and after Setup starts, it shows me a massage like this:
"windows has not found any HARD drive. Please make sure that you have an and it's probably work and connection very well... blah blah blah... »

What should I do to install my OS?

Thank you

Hello

your machine has a RAID controller, so before installing windows, you must install the RAID controller before. This occurs after you´ve began installing XP. Then a message on the bottom of the screen will appear that tells you that you must press F6 if you install HARD drive controllers (or something that way).
You need to install the RAID driver from a USB floppy drive, which can be downloaded here:
http://EU.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/cgi-bin/ToshibaCSG/download_drivers_bios.jsp

After you have installed the driver for your drive HARD will be displayed, and you would be able to install XP.

Check this thread for more information:
http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?threadID=24582&MessageID=94387

See you soon

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