Im trying to do a repair install on windows XP home edition, I have got a burned windows home edition disk (sp3) from a computer shop as I have lost the original disk.

I have tried booting from the disk, and the "welcome to setup" message appears and when I go on "to setup windows XP now, press enter" I get this error message.

Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. Make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and properly connected to your computer, and that any disk-related hardware configuration is correct. This may involve running a manufacturer-supplied diagnostic or setup program. Setup cannot continue. To quit Setup, press F3.

any ideas about what is causing this / how to solve it, I don't know what the hell to do.

Hello and welcome to PCHF

When the setup starts, on the bottom there is a message "Press F6..."
From what you describe, windows needs some drivers to see the HDD that is installed (is it?) in your system.

What type of system is it?
What motherboard do you have?

the hdd is installed, im running on it right now.

I dont know what you mean by what type of system, its just a computer baught from intellect computers, since it was baught it has had an ati 9500 graphics card installed with omega driver.

the motherboard is an asrock p4vm8.

Do you mean this shop copied XP Home Edition from an original disk?

I just asked for a windows xp home edition disk as I had lost the one I bought, and they gave me a cd with windows home edition sp3 written on it. im guessing thats how they made it.

Can I ask if it was like hand written?

yeah its hand written