Windows 7 is not seeing my harddrive

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  1. Posts : 9
    windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
       #1

    Windows 7 is not seeing my harddrive


    I've spent the last 7 hours trying to figure out how to get my OS (windows 7 Home Premium) to install on my new computer i had just pieced together. Whenever i go to install it doesn't see the hard drive, when i checked the mobo manual it just said to use raid as my OnChip sata setup but to configure the drives to work the mobo will only allow if i had multiple hard drives. I also cannot find any guides to running it with ither of the two modes (ide, ahci) the driver disk dose have a ahci mode but when set up in ahci it dose not sence the hdd or cd/dvd drive.
    mobo-ga-990fxa-ud3
    ive also looked online and cannot find any ide drivers that will make windows see my hdd.
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  2. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #2

    Hi,

    So during installation, there is no HDD detected at all? Do you see the image as shown in Step 7 here:

    Clean Install Windows 7

    Please check to see that the power and SATA cables are properly connected to both the motherboard and the HDD.

    Post back if you need more help.

    Regards,
    Golden
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  3. Posts : 9
    windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #3

    Golden said:
    Hi,

    So during installation, there is no HDD detected at all? Do you see the image as shown in Step 7 here:

    Clean Install Windows 7

    Please check to see that the power and SATA cables are properly connected to both the motherboards and the HDD.

    Post back if you need more help.

    Regards,
    Golden
    no the hard drive doesn't show up there and any driver i try doesn't work either
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  4. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #4

    Hi,

    So, to confirm : that box is completely blank?

    Check all your connections between the motherboard and HDD, and then also check to see that the HDD is detected in the BIOS.

    Regards,
    Golden
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  5. Posts : 9
    windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #5

    it shows up completely blank and the hdd is connected. it also shows up in bios when in ide mode, but when i swap it to ahci mode (a mode that there is a driver for) neither my cd/dvd drive nor hdd show up.
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  6. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #6

    Hi,

    OK using IDE in the BIOS, boot with your Windows 7 DVD, and at the language screen, hold SHIFT+F10 to enter a cmd window. At the prompt, type this:

    diskpart <enter>
    list disk <enter>

    What is listed?

    Repeat this using the AHCI mode in the BIOS - what is listed?
    Regards,
    Golden
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  7. Posts : 9
    windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #7

    IDE
    disk### Status Size Free Dyn Gpt
    -------- -------------- ------- ------- --- ---
    disk 0 online 931 gb 0 b

    ahci couldn't see the dvd drive and thus couldn't even boot >.>
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  8. Posts : 19,383
    Windows 10 Pro x64 ; Xubuntu x64
       #8

    Hi,

    Well, under IDE the disk is recognised, so I'm suprised it isn't available for installation. Do you have other HDD's or external USB drives plugged in to the PC when you try to install? If so, detach them, and then attempt the install.

    Regards,
    Golden
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  9. Posts : 9
    windows 7 Home Premium 64bit
    Thread Starter
       #9

    no hardware that isnt needed is plugged in
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  10. Posts : 26,863
    Windows 11 Pro
       #10

    I just looked here. I want to be sure I understand. When bios is set to AHCI mode, diskpart cannot see the drive? is that right. It should. The installation DVD has AHCI drivers on it. It can install them itself. Also, try to hook the hard drive up to disk 0 (1 on some boards). Also, I have never had one, but I understand that some brands of CD/DVD drives have trouble with ahci mode.
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