strange problem

Hello,

My name is Richard; I work for Dell here in Round Rock, Texas. I read
your post about needing the SATA driver for a Windows install.

This link will provide you the needed driver for you Dimension 8400 and
includes instruction on how to use it, http://tinyurl.com/yqjl43.

Good luck with your project!

Regards,
Richard B
Dell Online Community Outreach

marcy;728941 Wrote:
> I have a Dell 8400 that I need to format and reload. It had xp home on
> it
> and I have the xp home cd from dell. My friend wanted xp pro on it
> and
> provided their retail xp pro cd.
>
> I pulled the sata hdd and saved off all the data and did a reformat
> while in
> my computer. I then put in the xp pro cd but when it got ready to
> install,
> I got the message that it couldn't see hdd. After checking connections
>
> twice,
> and trying it 4 times, I decided to try the dell cd which worked fine.
> So I
> deleted the partitions (which shouldn't have been there because I did a
>
> reformat
> in my computer) and then restarted with the xp pro cd. Once again, it
> says
> it can't see any hdd. ???? So I put the dell cd back in and once
> again I
> can install. So now I am reformatting the hdd (not the quick version
> but
> the
> thorough version). After this, I am going to try xp pro again.
>
> But I have never seen this happen. Has anyone else ever seen this?
> What does it mean???




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>
> Hello,
>
> My name is Richard; I work for Dell here in Round Rock, Texas. I read
> your post about needing the SATA driver for a Windows install.
>
> This link will provide you the needed driver for you Dimension 8400 and
> includes instruction on how to use it, http://tinyurl.com/yqjl43.
>
> Good luck with your project!
>
> Regards,
> Richard B
> Dell Online Community Outreach

Thanks Richard