Windows 7 installation doesn't detect hard drive

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  1. Posts : 1
    Vista 64
       #1

    Windows 7 installation doesn't detect hard drive


    Install everything, the bios detect the hard drive (it's a new hard drive, never been use) but when installing the Win7 64, the hard drive list is empty.

    Here my spec

    Phenom II 940BE | Gigabyte 790X-UD4P | Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB | XFX HD4770 512MB | OCZ StealthXStream 600W | NZXT Tempest

    thanks
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  2. Posts : 1,870
    MS Windows 7 Professional 64-bit SP1
       #2

    You need to format new hard drives. no?
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  3. Posts : 6,305
    Windows 7 Ultimate x64
       #3

    Hi Rapmaster, welcome to the forums.

    Do you have anything listed at all? The drive may be showing as 'Unallocated' which will require you to create a 'New' partition.




    Jeff
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  4. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Pro
       #4

    I'm having the same problem. My question is, how do you format it without the Windows Install? Can you do ti in BIOS or something?

    Help!


    Dave
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  5. Posts : 28
    Windows 7 64 ultimate ( to be installed)
       #5

    bigdave9576 said:
    I'm having the same problem. My question is, how do you format it without the Windows Install? Can you do ti in BIOS or something?

    Help!


    Dave
    Go to see my attachment

    Windows 7 installation doesn't detect hard drive-capture.png

    slelct computer management, in the left hand pane select disk management .... in the right hand side, select the disk you wan to format, right hand click on it and select quick format

    Windows 7 installation doesn't detect hard drive-capture1.png

    hope this helps
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  6. Posts : 31,242
    Windows 11 Pro x64 [Latest Release and Release Preview]
       #6

    You should be able to format the drive during the actual install process however you may want to set things up before hand to get things exactly how you need.

    For this have a look at partition wizard and their bootable disk here ....

    Partition Magic Alternative - Partition Wizard is a magic partition software for Winidows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/2008 Server and Windows 7.

    The software is a lot more advanced than that built into win7, it works, and it's totally free
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  7. Posts : 28
    Windows 7 64 ultimate ( to be installed)
       #7

    Rapmaster said:
    Install everything, the bios detect the hard drive (it's a new hard drive, never been use) but when installing the Win7 64, the hard drive list is empty.

    Here my spec

    Phenom II 940BE | Gigabyte 790X-UD4P | Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB | XFX HD4770 512MB | OCZ StealthXStream 600W | NZXT Tempest

    thanks
    Is your hard drive connected to SATA controller
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  8. Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
       #8

    bigdave9576 said:
    I'm having the same problem. My question is, how do you format it without the Windows Install? Can you do ti in BIOS or something?

    Help!


    Dave

    You can use Command Prompt in Repair my Computer.
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  9. Posts : 6
    Windows 7 Pro
       #9

    Ok thanks for all the replies guys.

    My problem is that I can't access Disk Management as I haven't installed Windows 7 yet.

    My Hard Drive is recognized in BIOS, and I have set up BIOS to read it as both AHCI and RAID to see if it would make a difference. I have the latest Drivers for my MB (on both the MB CD and a flash drive), but when I select the driver, it just hangs for awhile then goes back to the Window screen saying there are no Drives located.

    Would this be an HD installation problem? a MB problem?

    I suck at this!

    Thanks again,

    Dave
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  10. Posts : 11,408
    ME/XP/Vista/Win7
       #10

    bigdave9576 said:
    Ok thanks for all the replies guys.

    My problem is that I can't access Disk Management as I haven't installed Windows 7 yet.

    My Hard Drive is recognized in BIOS, and I have set up BIOS to read it as both AHCI and RAID to see if it would make a difference. I have the latest Drivers for my MB (on both the MB CD and a flash drive), but when I select the driver, it just hangs for awhile then goes back to the Window screen saying there are no Drives located.

    Would this be an HD installation problem? a MB problem?

    I suck at this!

    Thanks again,

    Dave
    Load your SATA controller drivers here.
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