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Cant install windows to new builds hard drive
Hi guys
Hope you can help, i recieved my new budget rig today but im having trouble installing windows to the new HD i think it could just be a dud.
Everything booted up fine on 1st boot apart from when i forgot to plug in the molex connector for the sata HD . Anyway i boot up the windows 64bit cd and when i get to the partition part there is an error in the corner saying....
"Windows cannot be installed to this disk, the computers hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure the disk controller is enabled in the bios menu"
I know i have connected it all up properly, sata cable to the board, sata cable from PSU and a molex plugged in as well. I did also notice when i went into the CMD prompt and tried diskpart sometimes when i typed "list disk" it would come up "no disks attached"
I have listed the setup i bought below but am i right in thinking i've been sent a dud HD?
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-Bit - OEM (GFC-00599)
£82.24
Asus M4A78LT-M 760G (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard
£48.99
AMD Athlon II X2 Dual Core 250 3.00GHz (Socket AM3) - Retail
£42.99
OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB) DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Low-Voltage Dual Channel (OCZ3G1333LV4GK)
£39.99
Western Digital RE2 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (WD5000YS)
£24.99
Logitech K200 Media Keyboard (920-002733)
£11.99
OcUK 22x DVD±RW SATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£11.74
Coolermaster Elite 430 Windowed Case - Black (with 500w Elite Power PSU) [RC-430-KWP500]
£62.99
Hope you can help many thanks