Help no disks ?

Phage · 20 Dec 2012 at 17:17

So I have new SSD to put into the machine on the left. I format the disk, take a full system image and then start to reinstall.
But it wont.
It says that there are no disks visible to install to. Mobo is set to AHCI should I change to IDE ? If so wouldn't the install be different ?

Phage · 20 Dec 2012 at 17:32

I don't know why AHCI doesn't work...
Under IDE - W7 installation still couldn't see the disks. So I went for restore from image, and it seems OK with that.
Not sure how that's possible when it can't see the disks ?

What is the reg tweak ?

Phage · 20 Dec 2012 at 17:40

Thanks !
I'll do that.
I'll keep you posted on progress.

Phage · 20 Dec 2012 at 19:01

Ok it's restored, but it insists on making the M4 the c: drive rather than the 830 as I wanted. Now how do I force it to do what I want ?

M4 = s/be C:
830 = s/be B:
HDD = s/be E:

How ?

Phage · 20 Dec 2012 at 19:12

Old setup was booting from M4 - C:, Vertex2 as B; HDD as E.
I wanted to make it
830=C (boot)
m4=B (other apps and steam)

I did change the boot order in BIOS before the restore so that 1st boot was DVD, followed by 830, followed by m4.
So I should re-letter the drives and restore again ?

Phage · 20 Dec 2012 at 19:51

Grrrrr. Disks now appearing as USB in system tray....

Phage · 20 Dec 2012 at 20:22

OK Got that it's the hot swap feature.
But the 830 still doesn't appear in the BIOS. Now what ?

Phage · 20 Dec 2012 at 21:12

Sata Port ? Cable ?
why would the BIOS not see it but Disk Manager does ?

Phage · 20 Dec 2012 at 21:32

Active eh ? What does that do ?
Disk manager certainly seems fine with it otherwise. I just can't seem to make it the C:/Boot drive.
Thanks for the help BTW, this is driving me nuts.

Phage · 20 Dec 2012 at 21:43

I know - bizarre.
I really don't want to spend the weekend doing a full clean install.
I'll try swapping some ports and cables as well. <sigh> Getting late now though. Will try again tomorrow

Phage · 23 Dec 2012 at 12:05

Update: Gawd what hard work that was !

Discovered I couldn't do a one-shot of recovery from backup because of the changed structure of my disks. The Restore would litter my system image across the new state with no rhyme or reason. The 830 wouldn't show in the BIOS, but did in W7. The solution was as follows;

1) Flash MoBo to latest version. 830 appears
2) Use the 'Clean' command in Diskpart to format the 830. It is now installable-to, where it wasn't before.
3) Unplug all other devices and install W7 from DVD to the 830
4) Use disk manager to format and partition the other SSD and HDD
5) Re-install apps from download or disc, not from backup. It gets all fidgety about the new disk layouts.
6) Re-install music, pictures and document folders.
7) Install Steam client replace apps folder from backup.
8) Moan about it on forums...