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Windows 7 installation doesn't recognize HDD
Hi,
This never happened to me before and its driving me insane.
I'm trying to do a clean install of windows 7 (by booting the computer into the CD) but no drives show up. This usually happens to me so no big deal. The problem is.. recently I got a "new" computer, made out of old parts of other computers. SO i have no drivers CD.. So i have no SATA drivers...
I tried to download about 30 so far with no luck. Simply because I have no idea what I should download.
If anyone can help me, or at least tell me what sata drivers I need, that would be extremely helpful. I simply don't know if sata drivers come from the HDD i have, from the motherboard, from the chip of the motherboard.. i have no clue.
Here's my computer info you may need:
I've seen posts saying to in the bios change from whatever I have to IDE or to something else, but I have no clue what that does so i would rather avoid it if possible. If there's no other solution, what does it actually do if i change from SATA to something else? (if its even SATA what I have).
Thank you for the time you wasted reading this
And thank you for your help.
Lkcynric.