Hard-drive Problem

Jammey · 13 Apr 2007 at 01:08

I am trying to install Vista but it when it asks me where I want to install it doesn't show my hard drive. I have the Seagate Barracuda 320GB 7200rpm drive. Not sure what to do.

Thanks.

Jammey · 13 Apr 2007 at 03:17

Thanks for the reply.

I tried putting the mobo disc in but it said there were no drivers. So I went on gigaforce website and downloaded drivers. I put them on disc and tried to use them on install, still said there were no drivers.

Jammey · 13 Apr 2007 at 17:28

It's a totally new hard-drive and everything apart from keyboard,mouse and monitor are new. Ill have a look in the BIOS again.

Jammey · 13 Apr 2007 at 18:06

I've tried that aswell

Any more ideas?

Jammey · 13 Apr 2007 at 18:34

Gigabyte 965P-DS3P.

Jammey · 13 Apr 2007 at 22:16

Nothing seems to be working

Jammey · 13 Apr 2007 at 23:44

I have it connected it to the yellow ones, tried with RAID enabled and disbaledd. Then tried with AHCPI enabled then disabled. I'll try the purple one this time. One thing I hate though is the stupidly long load up times(which I guess it to be expected since its loading off a DVD.) Have to endure it each time I change something in BIOS and hardware

Jammey · 14 Apr 2007 at 00:35

It shows in the BIOS.

Does anyone know if there is any known problems with any of my hardware.

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3P Link

Hard-drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB

Jammey · 14 Apr 2007 at 00:44

The drivers on their website say they compatible with Vista.

Edit: I'm also unsure whether to be running on RAID,AHCI or normal mode. All the drivers on their page either have RAID or AHCI in the name. I have tried all three and nothing shows up.

Jammey · 14 Apr 2007 at 00:51

Yeah it is annoying

I have been using CDs for now - I have no floppies, I might have to go out and get some tommorrow if this problem persists. (Got the PC yesterday, been stuck on this same problem since last night.)

Edit: Ok, Ill try that, I've tried a few combinations, but Ill start from scratch.

Jammey · 14 Apr 2007 at 01:07

Those were my settings the first time I booted up. And are my settings atm.

edit: hmm so if its not BIOS related or driver related I assume I have mixed something up in my hardware maybe? I have the SATA connecter connectied to the yellow (Intel?) SATA Port. The top one nearest the processor.

Jammey · 14 Apr 2007 at 01:34

1 DVD Drive and 1 Hard-drive.

Also I am using a different PC atm, although I keep switching monitor about inbetween.

Jammey · 14 Apr 2007 at 01:41

Yeah the CD/DVD Drive is an IDE Connector. Ok Ill try using a different one. Thanks for all the help so far.

Jammey · 14 Apr 2007 at 02:05

Yeah I did that too. It doesn't make any sense :confused:

Jammey · 14 Apr 2007 at 02:28

My BIOS looks the same. I burned the Seagate DOS iso to a CD, do I just put it in at start up?

Jammey · 14 Apr 2007 at 02:43

It wont boot from my disc. When it says Insert CD-ROM then I put it in. Did nothing so I restarted with the disc in and it is just does nothing after "Insert CD ROM" apart from making a clicking noise(coming from the hard-drive) it stops when I press a button on the keyboard but still nothing happens.

Jammey · 14 Apr 2007 at 02:59

Doesn't work on this one either for some reason. lol

Anway I'm totally stumped but didn't realise the time. Really late and Ive got to go to bed. Work tomorrow. Thanks for all your help. Hopefully I'll be able to figure this thing out tomorrow.

Jammey · 14 Apr 2007 at 18:34

Thanks, silly me lol. Ok I tried it and it worked. I did the short test and everything was fine. I still need to do the long test though.

Jammey · 15 Apr 2007 at 00:38

Finally got it working! I am using Vista right now. Thanks everyone for the help.

In the end I installed Ubuntu and used that to create partitions. Vista then recognised the hard-drives.