Windows cannot find drives. (PLEASE HELP!)

jackmonty57 · 19 Dec 2010 at 23:13

Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM. whats a jumper

cammy5477 · 19 Dec 2010 at 23:16

can you see the drive in disk management?
ive put new hdd in before and windows hasnt prompted me to format them....the bios has recognised the drive but until ive went in to disk management and told it to format and assign drive letter windows hasnt seen it....... i live in east calder just outside edinburgh if you want to bring the machine over one night before xmas i will sort it for you?

jackmonty57 · 19 Dec 2010 at 23:19

I cant even get windows to recognise the HDD when im trying to install windows 7. Thats the problem haha. Could maybe do dude. Il need to see.

cammy5477 · 19 Dec 2010 at 23:20

go - control panel/administrative tools/computer management/

then choose disk management from the left hand side menu

do you see it in there?

cammy5477 · 19 Dec 2010 at 23:21

pull the bios battery for a minute then plug back in......

ms2010 · 19 Dec 2010 at 23:21

jackmonty57 said:
Sony Optiarc AD-5260S 24x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM. whats a jumper

If its got any jumper's there will be likke metal pins on the back somewhere , and a usually black link across 2 of them , you move that link around to set different modes like master/slave/Cable select

Thats on EIDE devices , Im not sure about SATA/PATA

cammy5477 · 19 Dec 2010 at 23:22

cammy5477 said:
go - control panel/administrative tools/computer management/

then choose disk management from the left hand side menu

do you see it in there?

if its not in disk management its in the wrong sata port

jackmonty57 · 19 Dec 2010 at 23:22

Its being recognised in the bios, its when its asking me where i want to save windows 7 too it doesnt come up with the HDD

TWiNKLeT0Es · 19 Dec 2010 at 23:22

Switch the SATA cables and see if you get errors from the DVD ROM?

Like a bad smell....

ms2010 · 19 Dec 2010 at 23:23

cammy5477 said:
go - control panel/administrative tools/computer management/

then choose disk management from the left hand side menu

do you see it in there?

He doesn't have an operating system installed atm m8 , the problem is the BIOS can detect the HDD and Optical Drive, But when you get too the windows setup, it says there's no drive to install too.

cammy5477 · 19 Dec 2010 at 23:23

jackmonty57 said:
Its being recognised in the bios, its when its asking me where i want to save windows 7 too it doesnt come up with the HDD

pull the bios battery ive seen this before...this works

cammy5477 · 19 Dec 2010 at 23:24

sorry guys just quickly read the finer points and not the whole conversations

ms2010 · 19 Dec 2010 at 23:26

LOL , well if its as simple as resetting the BIOS , I think Im gona SCREAM !!!! :eek:

cammy5477 · 19 Dec 2010 at 23:26

jackmonty57 said:
Its being recognised in the bios, its when its asking me where i want to save windows 7 too it doesnt come up with the HDD

i had this a couple of weeks ago with 2 x ssd drive not being recognised and pulling the battery to clear the cmos sorted it right out

cammy5477 · 19 Dec 2010 at 23:27

ms2010 said:
LOL , well if its as simple as resetting the BIOS , I think Im gona SCREAM !!!!

it is mate

if i had a reputantion id stake it on this being the problem! lol

TWiNKLeT0Es · 19 Dec 2010 at 23:29

ms2010 said:
LOL , well if its as simple as resetting the BIOS , I think Im gona SCREAM !!!!

This had been suggested though?

ms2010 · 19 Dec 2010 at 23:29

well I await with unending anticipation for jackmonty57 to post and say pulling the battery and resetting the BIOS now has it working

jackmonty57 · 19 Dec 2010 at 23:30

right then im going for it!

ms2010 · 19 Dec 2010 at 23:30

TWiNKLeT0Es said:
This had been suggested though?

You know I think its about the only thing I havent said too do , what did I say earlier about eliminating everything b4 the simple solution presents itelf?
It'll be the first darn thing I try on every fault I see now , and it'll never fix a darn thing , you watch

acharris · 19 Dec 2010 at 23:32

Hey, having a look around on google I think the problem might be that the Samsung F3 drives and the AMD SB850 south bridge chip, which this board has, do have a problem of working together which can lead to BSOD and instalbility of drives. Apparently samsung have released a new firmware for their F3 drives which solve the problems. The link is below to a forum discussion at gigabyte:

Samsung F3 and AMD SB850 southbridge problem

Hope this helps you and is the cause of your problem.