VMware - Windows XP setup cannot find any hard disk drives during installation

• When installing Windows XP in a virtual machine on VMware ESX, Windows setup fails to detect hard disks in the virtual machine
• You receive the following error:
  
  Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer.
  
  
  When installing Windows XP in a virtual machine setup is unable to find the hard drives because no compatible disk controller driver is shipped on the Windows XP setup disc. You must supply the correct drive during setup to proceed with installation.

  To ensure you supply the correct drive:

  1. When creating the new virtual machine, select the BusLogic option for the Virtual SCSI Controller mode.
  2. Download VMware SCSI drvier floppy image from http://download3.vmware.com/software/vmscsi-1.2.0.4.flp and upload to Datastore.
  3. Attach or insert the Windows XP installation media and connect it to the virtual machine.
  4. Power on the virtual machine and open a console view of the virtual machine.
  5. Click in the console to assign keyboard control to the virtual machine.
  6. When the blue Windows setup screen appears, press F6 when prompted.
  7. When prompted for additional drivers, press S.
  8. Attach VMware SCSI driver floppy image to virtual floppy drive.
  9. Press Enter to select the VMware SCSI Controller driver, and then Enter again to continue setup.
  10. Complete Windows XP setup normally from this point.
  11. After setup has completed the first phase of installation and restarts the virtual machine, you need to disconnect or unassign the virtual floppy drive or the virtual machine may attempt to boot from the floppy image.