BIOS sees HD but not XP Proff

Hello,

I posted this on Dell's Forum but no answer. I Google and searched the Dell
Tech Docs but it only says after replacing a HD to reinstall the OS from a
CD.

This is my time to own a laptop. Dell Latitude D600. About 5 yrs old.

How did you resolve this problem?

It came with a wiped 20G HD / Killdisk with no partitions. Booted from XP
Proff CD but XP Proff does not see the hard drive. BIOS F2 setup sees it as
a 20G HD.

Tested the Dell Latitude D600 with my neighbor's 20G HD. It boots up fine.

Is there a procedure that is the first one before installing XP ? Dell has
a Drivers Install Disc to create partitiions and format a new hard drive ?

Thanks from New Orleans