Setup did not find any hard drives installed in my computer

HI -.

I own a laptop Presario X1015US and recently bought a new hard drive for her (Western Digital Scorpio Blue PATA 160 GB) but when I insert the operating system CD it goes through the entire process until it gets to a page where it says:

Family Windows XP Setup


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


Make sure that the hard disks are turned on and properly connectd to your computer, and that any hardware configuration of the drives is correct. This may involve a diagnosis provided by the manufacturer or the installer running.


Setup cannot continue.  To quit Setup, press F3.

I'm not sure of what I am doing wrong and hope someone can help me.  For example -.

-J' checked the Bios and I do not see where the drive sits - have I missed something?

-The drive I bought compatible for this model - electronic Fry told me that it is.

Thank you

Charles

If the bios does not see it, installing XP will ever either.

Some older laptops have a problem with the largest hard disks (more), I return the drive and see if they have a 120 GB model.

Can also be that you just got a bad.

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