Re-installation of Windows XP doesn't recognize any hard drive - help

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  I have a Qosmio F30-112.
  I tried to install the Windows XP Professional instead of the Media Center edition.
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  Suggestions for the configuration of the BIOS or solutions for why this is happening?

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  Just a question:
  You are looking for in this forum for other similar issues with regard to the installation of Win XP and lack HARD drive? I doubt

  The fact is that your notebook has a SATA controller and you need a SATA (Intel Matrix Storage Manager) driver.

  You should have a look here in this doc from Toshiba:
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  The motherboard in your model has major problems with the drives out and that the results in the hard drive and DVD drive from the BIOS endangered.

  It could happen to your model, it's why W7 cannot find the hard drive.

  You will need to download and install this free program.

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  Hi all, can you help me please?

  I had a virus on a download tried to get rid, but all not so tried to format the HARD drive and reload XP pro by putting in the disc and the loading, but find no hard drive after many attempts.

  So I removed the HARD drive and formatted on another pc handed over and tried again still no luck. So loaded XP Professional SP 1,2,3 to the HARD disk via the second pc normally looks good as that pc works ok in F30 it starts up windows black screen then goes to blue screen then reboots and starts again.

  I think something got into the BIOS I downloaded it from the support site, but it won't work. Nothing happens. I'm doing something wrong?
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  He did take a few seconds to find this:

  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?MessageID=94387

  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?MessageID=135078

  http://forums.computers.Toshiba-Europe.com/forums/thread.jspa?MessageID=96983

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