16 responses to “VMware ESXi: Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer (Windows XP)”

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  Ty January 2nd, 2009 at 02:31

  Thanks a bunch! This is exactly what I needed!

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  Leon van Velsen May 26th, 2009 at 03:47

  Thanks!!!

  This was helpfull, especialy the VM SCSI driver.

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  Richard May 29th, 2009 at 08:20

  Thanks for share!!

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  Ravi June 4th, 2009 at 06:08

  Hey Great solution,
  Thanks

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  Stu June 26th, 2009 at 08:59

  You sir, are a hero. Huzzah!

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  small July 18th, 2009 at 20:58

  Would have been great, but getting

  File \vmscsi.sys could not be loaded.
  The error code is 22

  Setup cannot continue. Press any key to exit.

  Granted I tried this with VMWare workstation though, not ESXi.

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  Dude July 22nd, 2009 at 11:08

  Thanks man! Works fine!

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  SQ July 29th, 2009 at 13:19

  Just saved my day.

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  Di August 31st, 2009 at 10:25

  SAVED MY CORPORATE BUTT! I needed this to work to create a test XP VM..

  THANKS!!!!!

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  gforce November 13th, 2009 at 17:29

  dont forget to disconnect the floppy drive before you reboot, or else it will try to boot off of it!

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  cstmtrs December 26th, 2009 at 17:59

  This is what I ve been searching for…
  Thanks a lot!

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  Nixman January 16th, 2010 at 03:01

  Thanks .. Also, Please note that the SCSI should be BUS and not LSI. Otherwise it will not work.

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  Gerry January 19th, 2010 at 11:34

  I swear I’ve done this successfully in the past, using the floppy image for storage drivers and RIS.
  However, in trying to create a new VM I’m getting to the setup where it loads Windows XP Professional Setup, but I never get a opportunity to press F6 and utilize the drivers on the floppy image. I can’t tell if it is just blinking through that screen without giving me a chance to input, or it never comes up, but it dies on the “Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer…” message. Only option is to press F3.

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  webmaster January 19th, 2010 at 19:40

  Hey Gerry,

  Maybe it went away very quickly, have you tried just keep pressing F6 during setup?

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  Brian January 28th, 2010 at 05:20

  Hi

  Thank you very much.

  Remember to use BUS and not LSI.

  Then it worked like a charm…

  /Brian

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  harsha June 29th, 2010 at 11:27

  Thanks a lot. Exactly what I needed

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