Windows 7 setup does not recognize my hard drives!

They worked only yesterday, so I don't know what could have caused it. I'm not really sure how I'd pull it out on my laptop, never opened a laptop before.

Well, my problem seems to be identical, but I'm not sure about the cause. I didn't see a need to start an identical thread.

Our setup is different though, but our problem seems to be the same :)

Okay, it was never my intention to hijack the thread, my appologies. I will start a new thread, thank you :)

Thanks for posting it up so others will find it via search. It is very rare that Win7 installer doesn't have SATA controller drivers but SP2 is needed to catch up with many new drivers so we may expect to see this more. Most often an error about this means a bad installer.

jtrosario said:

I also had the problem of the Windows 7 Installation finding the 3114 and it was eventually solved here:

Silicon Image - Support | Search Results
Product Searched for: SiI3114 - PCI to 4 Port SATA150

Next, get the SiI3114 64-bit Windows 7 SATARAID5 Driver - 2/9/2010 - ver. 1.5.20.3
or the SiI3114 32-bit Windows SATARAID5 Driver - 2/9/2010 - ver. 1.5.20.3

Then, burn these files onto a CD or USB drive and chose "Load Driver". It then scans and finds si3114r5.inf, after clicking Next, choose Refresh. You will then see a message "Windows cannot be installed to... and/or Error 0x8030001 Simply swap the driver CD out and place the Windows 7 Installation disc back in and try again and then installation will continue from there. (I did this on CD - a USB drive will probably work better)

I am having the same problem but I am not running a raid. my hard drive is a 400gb and running at 7200rpms so which driver is it that i need to download i would of started a new thread but seeing how this one has not been posted in over 4 years i thought i might put some life back into it for people that might be having the same problem^^

i typed it in the subject but

when i type List disk while in DISKPART> it says There are no fixed disks to show i even switched out cables with three different ones so i know its not the cables i formatted my hard drive awhile back and it wiped it clean