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Windows 7: Hard Drive Not Recognized
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27 Apr 2010
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#1 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit |
Hard Drive Not Recognized
Hey I have a new Western Digital 500GB Caviar Green Hard Drive, and it is recognized in my computer, it is formatted and I have marked the partition as active. Yet it will not show up in my Windows 7 installation. How do I make it show up in the installation screen?
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
CPU Pentium D 2.80GHz LGA Socket 775
Motherboard EVGA nForce 730i
Memory 4GB DDR2 800MHz Corsair Gaming Memory
Graphics Card Nvidia 9600GT
Sound Card Nvidia 9600GT SPDIF/Built in Monitor Speakers
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Syncmaster 22"
Screen Resolution 1680x1050
Keyboard Logitech G19, Logitech G15, and Steelseries/Ideazon Zboard
Mouse Logitech G9x, Logitech G500, and Microsoft Wireless 5000
PSU BFG 450 Watt
Case Thermaltake Black Widow Soprano RS 101 PC Gaming Case
Cooling Asus V60
Hard Drives 250GB Western Digital, 300GB Western Digital, and a 500GB Caviar Green Western Digital
Internet Speed DSL
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27 Apr 2010
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#2 | |
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
Did you assign it a drive letter by right clicking on it ? | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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27 Apr 2010
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#3 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit |
Quote: Originally Posted by DocBrown  Did you assign it a drive letter by right clicking on it ? Yes it is drive letter D: | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
CPU Pentium D 2.80GHz LGA Socket 775
Motherboard EVGA nForce 730i
Memory 4GB DDR2 800MHz Corsair Gaming Memory
Graphics Card Nvidia 9600GT
Sound Card Nvidia 9600GT SPDIF/Built in Monitor Speakers
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Syncmaster 22"
Screen Resolution 1680x1050
Keyboard Logitech G19, Logitech G15, and Steelseries/Ideazon Zboard
Mouse Logitech G9x, Logitech G500, and Microsoft Wireless 5000
PSU BFG 450 Watt
Case Thermaltake Black Widow Soprano RS 101 PC Gaming Case
Cooling Asus V60
Hard Drives 250GB Western Digital, 300GB Western Digital, and a 500GB Caviar Green Western Digital
Internet Speed DSL
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28 Apr 2010
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#4 | |
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
Maybe I mis-understood your 1st post 
You want it to show up in the Windows 7 installation screen ?
Do you want to install Windows 7 on this new drive ? | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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28 Apr 2010
|
#5 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit |
Quote: Originally Posted by DocBrown Maybe I mis-understood your 1st post
You want it to show up in the Windows 7 installation screen ?
Do you want to install Windows 7 on this new drive ? Yes I want to install Windows 7 on my new drive. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
CPU Pentium D 2.80GHz LGA Socket 775
Motherboard EVGA nForce 730i
Memory 4GB DDR2 800MHz Corsair Gaming Memory
Graphics Card Nvidia 9600GT
Sound Card Nvidia 9600GT SPDIF/Built in Monitor Speakers
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Syncmaster 22"
Screen Resolution 1680x1050
Keyboard Logitech G19, Logitech G15, and Steelseries/Ideazon Zboard
Mouse Logitech G9x, Logitech G500, and Microsoft Wireless 5000
PSU BFG 450 Watt
Case Thermaltake Black Widow Soprano RS 101 PC Gaming Case
Cooling Asus V60
Hard Drives 250GB Western Digital, 300GB Western Digital, and a 500GB Caviar Green Western Digital
Internet Speed DSL
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28 Apr 2010
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#6 | |
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
What about your current installation, files, progs, etc ? | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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28 Apr 2010
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#7 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit |
Quote: Originally Posted by DocBrown What about your current installation, files, progs, etc ? I'm going to format format my old hard drive that I have Windows 7 on now once I get Windows 7 installed on my new hard drive. | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
CPU Pentium D 2.80GHz LGA Socket 775
Motherboard EVGA nForce 730i
Memory 4GB DDR2 800MHz Corsair Gaming Memory
Graphics Card Nvidia 9600GT
Sound Card Nvidia 9600GT SPDIF/Built in Monitor Speakers
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Syncmaster 22"
Screen Resolution 1680x1050
Keyboard Logitech G19, Logitech G15, and Steelseries/Ideazon Zboard
Mouse Logitech G9x, Logitech G500, and Microsoft Wireless 5000
PSU BFG 450 Watt
Case Thermaltake Black Widow Soprano RS 101 PC Gaming Case
Cooling Asus V60
Hard Drives 250GB Western Digital, 300GB Western Digital, and a 500GB Caviar Green Western Digital
Internet Speed DSL
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28 Apr 2010
|
#8 | |
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
I would connect only the new HD then as your primary HD & intall Windows 7 from the DVD | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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28 Apr 2010
|
#9 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit |
Quote: Originally Posted by DocBrown I would connect only the new HD then as your primary HD & intall Windows 7 from the DVD How do I get the hard drive to show up on the installation screen first? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Custom Build
OS Windows 7 Ultimate 64-Bit
CPU Pentium D 2.80GHz LGA Socket 775
Motherboard EVGA nForce 730i
Memory 4GB DDR2 800MHz Corsair Gaming Memory
Graphics Card Nvidia 9600GT
Sound Card Nvidia 9600GT SPDIF/Built in Monitor Speakers
Monitor(s) Displays Samsung Syncmaster 22"
Screen Resolution 1680x1050
Keyboard Logitech G19, Logitech G15, and Steelseries/Ideazon Zboard
Mouse Logitech G9x, Logitech G500, and Microsoft Wireless 5000
PSU BFG 450 Watt
Case Thermaltake Black Widow Soprano RS 101 PC Gaming Case
Cooling Asus V60
Hard Drives 250GB Western Digital, 300GB Western Digital, and a 500GB Caviar Green Western Digital
Internet Speed DSL
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28 Apr 2010
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#10 | |
Windows 7 Ultimate (64) Rust Belt |
Is the drive hooked up to different controller, like an on-board raid controller? If so you may need to create a driver disk but it would be much easier to just put on the drive on same controller as the other drive. Simply said, just change to another sata port on the MB... | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number Home Grown
OS Windows 7 Ultimate (64)
CPU i7-2600K
Motherboard Asus P8P67-M Pro
Memory G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB)
Graphics Card ATI 5750
Sound Card On-Board
Monitor(s) Displays LG W2486L
Screen Resolution 1920X1080
PSU Zalman ZM770-XT 770 Watts
Case Antec 180 mini
Cooling Cooler Master V8
Hard Drives Intel X-25M 80 Gig SSD | Intel X-25M 160 Gig SSD | WD Black 500MB - External eSata
Internet Speed 15MB - Cable
Other Info Sissy OC - 4.6 @ 1.3175 24/7 | 18' Idle - 55' Load
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