Vista should install but wont! Please help!

DarthRevan · 15 Jun 2007 at 09:32

My Spec:
Intel E6600
Gigabyte GA_P35_DQ6
GeForce 8800 GTS OC2 640MB
GeIL 2GB
Samsung SpinPoint 500GB SATA-II
Samsung SH-183LBEBN DVD±RW

Vista still wont recognise my hard drive.
As it stands, i have the correct drivers installed.
The hard drive is recognised in the BIOS
I have tried installing on both the yellow and the lilac headers of my mobo
I have tried all combinations of settings in the bios

Can anyone think of anything else i could try, im begining to think something is faulty in my build, but as everthing is recognised in my BIOS im not sure what it could be.

two weeks later and im still not up and running, my Mac housemates are having a field day.

Would there be any point in someone with the same mobo and hard drive to post a screen shot of their bios settings?

Is the next route to bring my hard drive into work and try install vista from there or is that going to cause me all kinds of problems when i reinstall it in my build computer.

gvers · 15 Jun 2007 at 09:50

Is the motherboard set in raid mode. If it is download the raid drivers from the gigabyte web site to a memory stick or floppy and when vista asks if you want to install any more drivers select the drivers on the disk or stick. Alternatively turn off the raid and use the purple connectors.

Glass · 15 Jun 2007 at 09:58

i had to download the jmicro raid driver, the gigabyte raid driver did not work on my ds3. Might be the same issue but you don't mention raid?

It might be a dodgy vista disc. Can you install XP on the current rig?

DarthRevan · 15 Jun 2007 at 10:03

Nope i dont think i should need raid as i only have one hard drive!
am i correct in this.
I have tried using the lilac headers before but they are for the gigabyte controller. The drivers i recieved from the gigabyte website were for the intel controler(orange) and so im using them.
Is there a specific orange header for the hard drive

DarthRevan · 15 Jun 2007 at 10:05

I dont have a spare xp disk, well I have one that came from a preinstalled dell but that wont work will it?

gvers · 15 Jun 2007 at 13:12

DarthRevan said:
Nope i dont think i should need raid as i only have one hard drive!
am i correct in this.

If you have the drive connected to a raid controller then you will need the drivers for that controller (if they are not shipped as part of windows). I would reset the cmos to defaults and try with the intel drivers (get the f6 drivers).