New Build, Windows 7 Installer cannot see HD/Partition

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  1. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit
       #1

    New Build, Windows 7 Installer cannot see HD/Partition


    I know this has been talked about a million times and I've read them all but I still cannot get Win7 to see my HD.

    This is my first build so bear with me being a little new to this.

    Gigabyte H55M-UD2H
    Intel Core i3 530
    4GB (2x2GB) Kingston Ram
    LG SATA DVDRW
    Hitachi 500GB Deskstar SATA
    Thermaltake 600W PS
    Apevia Fans/Case
    Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit

    I can see the HD listed in the Bios. Ive tried both IDE and AHCI, and Ive tried HPET mode in 32 and 64 Bit.

    Ive tried reconnecting the hard drive.

    Still cannot see the hd in the installer.

    Any help is appreciated, thanks!
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  2. Posts : 133
    Win7
       #2

    Perhaps the drive is not formatted yet? In this case, just let it install and everything will be taken care of automatically.
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  3. Posts : 1,031
    Windows 7 x64
       #3

    I wish I knew for sure, but is this a new hard drive?

    If you have tried pre-formatting the drive, I do not know why Win 7 cannot see it. The only time this happened to me was the drive was bad.

    There is a tutorial here about Win 7 not recognizing the HD, but I can't check without loosing this response.
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  4. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit
    Thread Starter
       #4

    It is a brand new hard drive, and I did not reformat it at all.

    I cannot proceed to let things install because I cant select a drive there is nothing listed in the installer where it asks me to select a partition.
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  5. Posts : 133
    Win7
       #5

    Set the bios to IDE mode. With the pc off, connect the SATA cable to another port then turn on pc and try again.
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  6. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit
    Thread Starter
       #6

    Still not working
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  7.    #7

    Hard drives need to be initialized upon install. If you were not prompted to initialize it, try reinstalling it.
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  8. Posts : 13,354
    Windows 7 Professional x64
       #8

    See if the drive is recognized in Diskpart. Boot up the Windows DVD, and press Shift+F10 when you get to the language screen.

    Then type the following:

    diskpart

    list disk


    Does your drive show up?
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  9. Posts : 5,056
    Windows 7 x64 pro/ Windows 7 x86 Pro/ XP SP3 x86
       #9

    Have you tried installing the SATA drivers? You need to press F6 at the very beginning of the install to be able to install those. Download the drivers from the manufacturer's website or you might already have got a CD with the drivers there.
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  10. Posts : 4
    Windows 7 Home Premiun 64 Bit
    Thread Starter
       #10

    I got it solved.

    I created a boot disk from ultimatebootcd.com

    I was then able to create a partition and set the hd as active. Windows then was able to see it and the rest went smooth.

    Thanks for the help
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