Cant Install Win 7 64 Bit

I tried to put a clean install onto a new Western Digital 500Gb Sata Hard Drive. During the Infomation gathering Win 7 gave this message: Windows cannot be installed to this disk. Windows could not determine if this disk and it parent devices have the necessary driver support. What does this mean ?

My old Hard drive is IDE 250GB. My motheboard is a Asrock K10N78D, which gives me no problems. I dont want a Raid set up. All I want is to have Win7 on my new 500GB Sata hard Drive.

Regards Delboy

Riich

My DVD/CD is the only Ide device. The Hard drive is new I put it in place the Windows 7 installation disk and got the above message, do I need to put Sata drivers on? When I tried to install again the Screen just stuck on the Starting Windows Logo, there was alot of HD activity but to no avail.

Delboy

Will try it tomorrow. Will let you know of the result.

Delboy

PS: I think I did, with it being a new hard drive does the Win7 instalation format the drive?

Plug the new HD in to see if it needs initializing in Disk Mgmt first.

Then unplug all other HD's and try AHCI first, as suggested.

Tips for getting a purrfect install - use the ones which apply to you: re-install windows 7

Disk Management? Where is that on a New hard disk?

Delboy