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New computer, "no drives were found," HDD not on BIOS
So, I just built my first computer, components below:
G.SKILL Sniper Low Voltage Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600 (PC3 12800)
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 7850 2GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 3.0 x16 HDCP
SAMSUNG Spinpoint F3 HD103SJ 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5"
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 64-bit - OEM
Intel Core i5-3450 Ivy Bridge 3.1GHz (3.5GHz Turbo) LGA 1155 77W Quad-Core
GIGABYTE GA-Z77-D3H LGA 1155 Intel Z77 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s USB 3.0 ATX Intel Motherboard
Everything was working perfectly, until I tried installing Windows 7.
After meddling with the BIOS settings, I got the Windows to start installing. However, after the "installing features" part finished, the computer stopped. I waited for a few minutes before an error message appeared. I forgot to write down the error because I was tired and thought it would resolve itself. Yes, I am a moron.
Anyways, I restared the installation, but this time, I got the "No drives were found. Click load driver to provide a mass storage driver for installation." message. I looked up the solution and checked the BIOS, when, to my surprise, I could not find the SATA connection to my HDD.
I'm really quite stuck here, I tried all the combinations of SATA that I could, and still the HDD didn't show up. If anyone knows how to help, please let me know!