(help)can't install windows xp

[gauravsuneja]

i have a problem with my hp laptop it was not showing dvd rom drive so i planned to format it .when i started booting with windows xp c.d. which can only boot while pressing F10 just after the bios screen and before windows boot screen not as such even if i have kept dvd rom as 1st boot device i have to press F10
anyways but during installation it say no drive to install .my laptop hdd is sata 160 gb .and my windows xp cd is sp2 one .it between it says press F3 to quit .do i need sata drivers? just during writing this post i thought sata drivers r need but where to get sata drivers for my laptop .i do not know the hdd model and how to instal it first so that windows installation can recognize it.
windows xp doesn't have sata drivers? if i have to install vista then also will need sata drivers?

[Cool Buddy]

No drivers can be installed before windows and XP does have SATA drivers, i've been noticing it from the time i didn't even know what SATA meant. check the BIOS setup.

[latino_ansari]

hey u need the Sata drivers to install windows xp..... u will need to integrate it in ur windows setup files.... search the net for the sata drivers for ur laptop or the chipset it has....

[dheeraj_kumar]

It doesnt need sata drivers, or maybe it does for some specific manufacturers only. I installed an XP SP2 cd which I've been having since SP2 came out, and it has no extra drivers, and I installed them on my Seagate SATA.