windows 7 installation cannot find drivers?

Zarosath said:

gregrocker said:

You need to load your SATA controller driver when it prompts for driver during install.

Start up your Vista, right click Computer>Manage>Device Manager. Choose your SATA controller driver tab, look at Details and it will show your the location of that driver. Copy it onto a USB flash driver or disk and load it when prompted by the Win7 installer.

If this fails then check your BIOS to see that the optical drive is set to SATA.

You can also try running the Installer from your Vista desktop instructing it to stay connected to the internet. If this works, then choose Custom install and install over your Vista. The difference is that it will put your Vista files in a windows.old folder for later access.

sorry, but unless i did it wrong it didnt work.. i copied the single file it said it was, put it on disk and tried to load it in but didn't work..

Download drivers from:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Prod...ProductID=2101

I had this same problems and could never find what driver it really needed--DVD drive, SATA controller, whatever. My DVD was hooked to a PCI SATA controller and I had a RAID array of hard drives connected to the the motherboard's SATA ports.

I was able to plug the DVD into the motherboard and install using one hard drive, but that wasn't what I wanted.

I resorted to the USB install, so that I could have the RAID array hooked up to the motherboard and that worked fine. It more trouble to do, but at least it worked.

I was having the exact same trouble today when I tried to install W7. Tried a number of things...turns out, I just needed to boot the DVD from startup. So, if you haven't already, make an ISO out of the download, burn it to a DVD, put the DVD in the drive and restart. When it tells you to hit any button to load from CD, do so...and then go from there.

I'm positive it will work...only cause it did for me.

kegobeer said:

Please don't edit the original post in the thread for anything other than grammar/spelling. Had I not skimmed the entire thread, I would not have known that you were able to upgrade another Vista computer.

Speaking of this other Vista computer - does it have the exact same hardware configuration as the problem computer?

i do not know the stats or configuration of it, and i didnt upgrade i just got to what your supposed to on step 5 with the agreement, if you need i can find the configuration/hardware if i dont have to open her up, right now i'm going to bed though, i'll talk tomarrow.

and lol of course i boot off of the disk.

theog said:

Zarosath said:

gregrocker said:

You need to load your SATA controller driver when it prompts for driver during install.

Start up your Vista, right click Computer>Manage>Device Manager. Choose your SATA controller driver tab, look at Details and it will show your the location of that driver. Copy it onto a USB flash driver or disk and load it when prompted by the Win7 installer.

If this fails then check your BIOS to see that the optical drive is set to SATA.

You can also try running the Installer from your Vista desktop instructing it to stay connected to the internet. If this works, then choose Custom install and install over your Vista. The difference is that it will put your Vista files in a windows.old folder for later access.

sorry, but unless i did it wrong it didnt work.. i copied the single file it said it was, put it on disk and tried to load it in but didn't work..

Download drivers from:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Prod...ProductID=2101

put all of them on disk and put that in when it needs it?

Let's see what happens when you try to run the Install disk from your Vista desktop when the SATA driver is already loaded.

If it works you can proceed with a custom install which is clean enough in that it only leaves you with a windows.old folder where you can access your old files.

gregrocker said:

Let's see what happens when you try to run the Install disk from your Vista desktop when the SATA driver is already loaded.

If it works you can proceed with a custom install which is clean enough in that it only leaves you with a windows.old folder where you can access your old files.

yeah, the problem is i'm trying to get 64 bit on my pc and my current system is 32 so it say's i have to put a clean install on there, which i can only do when it boots from the dvd.. is it easy to upgrade to vista 64 without paying? i dont mean torrent i mean can i get a free upgrade from 32 to 64 bit?