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Windows 7 Nightmare
I am currently working on an MSI DKA790GX Platinum computer and it has been horrible. The person came to me saying when they tried to install Win7 over Vista they could no longer see their hard drives. I go to the BIOS and ensure AHCI is enabled, it is but the hard drives are not recognized in the BIOS. I switch it to IDE and the Hard Drives come up. So I boot to the Win7 install disk, thinking it will be a breeze. It takes FOREVER for the installer to come up, and as soon as it does i get the error, "A required CD/DVD drive device is missing. If you have a floppy disk, CD, DVD l or USB flash drive, please insert it now."
I know Win7 installer doesn't like IDE but the HDD aren't recognized to install to if it isn't in IDE emulation. I am in desperate need of help.