Yep, that is the problem. The drive STILL isn't recognized in the BIOS. I did in fact find the cd that came with it (I don't know why but I didn't remember pulling it out of the package a month ago when I first got started on installing this new hard drive) and created the correct diskette to start it all up, but it is still saying that there is no hard drive. I don't know why or how but I am starting to believe that the hard drive is bad. It was purchased new from Office Max, it is a Western Digital drive. I am going to check it out on another computer and see if it is recognized there. Thanks for all of your help and wish me luck!!!