Windows 7 does not detect HDD?

psychas

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after completing my new build was about to install win 7 64 bit and i get this

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hardrive is detected in bios , what im doing wrong ?
 
It's either set to AHCI or RAID in the controller settings in BIOS, both of which can cause the above as drivers are needed, change it to IDE (or AHCI first if it is set to RAID) and try again.
 
Dano said:
It's either set to AHCI or RAID in the controller settings in BIOS, both of which can cause the above as drivers are needed, change it to IDE (or AHCI first if it is set to RAID) and try again.
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Changing the controller mode is not a good idea, especially if the OP actually wants the controller in something other than IDE mode.

psychas said:
hardrive is detected in bios , what im doing wrong ?
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What HDD and mobo are you using? Which SATA controller is the drive connected to?
 
rpstewart said:
Changing the controller mode is not a good idea, especially if the OP actually wants the controller in something other than IDE mode.
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I suggested it as a troubleshooting step to confirm the drive is ok, not as a fix, more to the point I also pointed out that drivers are likely to be needed in the other modes in case he wants it set to one of them so I've no idea why you decided to get antsy about it.
 
If Windows was on the drive before then 7 won't see it on some occasions depending on the drive state. Something to do with MBR/Partition tables.

Just wipe the drive clean using a Windows XP CD to boot with but don't run through XP setup - the drive should show up in 7 setup afterwards allowing you to create a new partition.
 
If the disk is on a 'special' adapter this is the point you can put in the adapter driver disk.

As said before we'd need to know more.

Andi.
 
Khaaan! said:
If Windows was on the drive before then 7 won't see it on some occasions depending on the drive state. Something to do with MBR/Partition tables.

Just wipe the drive clean using a Windows XP CD to boot with but don't run through XP setup - the drive should show up in 7 setup afterwards allowing you to create a new partition.
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yes there was windows vista installed before and this drive was used in raid 0 before so , cleaning it with xp might work ill do that in a bit,

im using asus crosshair 4 formula and HDD is raptor x 150gb , mob has sata 3
 
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