I am having an issue installing Server 2003. The BIOS recognizes the hard drives, but the Operating system says that there are no hard drives detected.

Hello, What is the type of the hard drive you use? SATA or IDE? Did you ever try enabling SATA compatibility mode in BIOS? Besides, I suspect this could be a device drive issue for Hard drive? This Vincent thread may be helpful for you. http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/winservergen/thread/7e58be1f-3e97-44cf-ae11-de2627d9cd94/ Hope it helps.This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

Hi Please try unplug and replug your hardware. Perhaps your hardisk has been crashed or it is a physical error.. if prople persist again contact your hardware vendor.. Thanks... Deva --Self-trust is the first secret of success.

The hard drives are new and SATA. They are 160 GB. When I put the 1 TB hard drives in, it only recognizes those not the 160. Doesn't matter where I plug the them into, it only recognizes the 1 TB. The 1 TB is also SATA.

Hi,Can you please tell us if these hard drive canbe recognized in BIOS?Moreover, please run the following command inWindows Server 2003 R2, and test with unplug andplugthe disk back to check if it can be seen in the OS.Mountvol /EHope it helps.This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

The BIOS can recognize the hard drives. When try to install windows server 2003, it says that there are no hard drives detected. But when I go in the BIOS, it sees them.

Hi,what is the type of the hard drive? Can you please try install hardware drive during the installation process?This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.

They are seagates and they are SATA

Hi,You may need to F6 to install the hard disk drive during the installation process of OS. Installing Windows Server 2003 R2http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc786375(WS.10).aspxHope it helps.This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.