Not Recognizing Hard Drive

Sounds like it is still not recognizing your primary HD :confused:
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU
AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard
SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory
2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card(s)
Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card
on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays
19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution
1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
PSU
430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case
All Generic Full Towers
Cooling
Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Keyboard
Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse
Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
Internet Speed
Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus
AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser
IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info
Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
Well, halfway there? :confused:
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7/windows xp/windows vista
CPU
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte AM3 785G ATX
Memory
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 2GB 240-Pin DDR3
Hard Drives
Western Digitial Cavier Blue 500GB
PSU
Earthwatts 500w
Case
Antec Sonata III
jradicle11 said:
Alright, slightly promising update. The driver install actually worked this time. The bad thing is that my choices of where to install windows are:

Disk 1 Partition: My book (my external hard drive I used to load the driver)
Disk 1 Unallocated Space (no idea)
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Both are My Book, no go.
 
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I unplugged it and both disks disappeared.
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7/windows xp/windows vista
CPU
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte AM3 785G ATX
Memory
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 2GB 240-Pin DDR3
Hard Drives
Western Digitial Cavier Blue 500GB
PSU
Earthwatts 500w
Case
Antec Sonata III
I got back to those two choices, I can't do anything with either of them. It says "Windows cannot be installed to this disk."
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7/windows xp/windows vista
CPU
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte AM3 785G ATX
Memory
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 2GB 240-Pin DDR3
Hard Drives
Western Digitial Cavier Blue 500GB
PSU
Earthwatts 500w
Case
Antec Sonata III
Time to contact Gigabyte?
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7/windows xp/windows vista
CPU
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte AM3 785G ATX
Memory
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 2GB 240-Pin DDR3
Hard Drives
Western Digitial Cavier Blue 500GB
PSU
Earthwatts 500w
Case
Antec Sonata III
jradicle11 said:
Alright, slightly promising update. The driver install actually worked this time. The bad thing is that my choices of where to install windows are:

Disk 1 Partition: My book (my external hard drive I used to load the driver)
Disk 1 Unallocated Space (no idea)
Click to expand...


The Unallowcated Space sounds & looks like it is on the MyBook... Right ?
 

My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS
Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU
AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard
SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory
2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card(s)
Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card
on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays
19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution
1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Hard Drives
6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
PSU
430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case
All Generic Full Towers
Cooling
Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Keyboard
Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse
Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
Internet Speed
Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus
AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser
IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info
Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
Yea, that's why I can't install on it. Guess you can't install on USB devices.
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7/windows xp/windows vista
CPU
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte AM3 785G ATX
Memory
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 2GB 240-Pin DDR3
Hard Drives
Western Digitial Cavier Blue 500GB
PSU
Earthwatts 500w
Case
Antec Sonata III
I plugged my HDD into my brothers computer and it recognized it right away. I think my MA785GT-UD3H is faulty. There have been similar problems with this board.

I'm returning it to newegg and exchanging it for a new one. They're letting pick out a different one of similar price. Any suggestions on which to get?
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7/windows xp/windows vista
CPU
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte AM3 785G ATX
Memory
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 2GB 240-Pin DDR3
Hard Drives
Western Digitial Cavier Blue 500GB
PSU
Earthwatts 500w
Case
Antec Sonata III
jradicle11 said:
Yea, that's why I can't install on it. Guess you can't install on USB devices.
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Right, can't install to external HD or WIn7 could be carried around to any computer.

jradicle11 said:
I'm returning it to newegg and exchanging it for a new one. They're letting pick out a different one of similar price. Any suggestions on which to get?
Click to expand...

What are your available choices?
 
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7/windows xp/windows vista
CPU
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte AM3 785G ATX
Memory
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 2GB 240-Pin DDR3
Hard Drives
Western Digitial Cavier Blue 500GB
PSU
Earthwatts 500w
Case
Antec Sonata III
I guess for regular SATA devices, they're supposed to be plugged into the SATA4 and SATA5 ports. I restores bios to defaults with the drives in those ports and it recognized them in BIOs for the IDE Channel 1 master and slave. Windows 7 still wouldn't recognize them.
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7/windows xp/windows vista
CPU
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte AM3 785G ATX
Memory
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 2GB 240-Pin DDR3
Hard Drives
Western Digitial Cavier Blue 500GB
PSU
Earthwatts 500w
Case
Antec Sonata III
Yea, but it really mostly goes in depth on how to set up RAID. And the SATA4,5 thing, a friend of mine who is an IT guy was the one who told me that.

Gigabyte support is less than supportive, I plan on calling them tomorrow but I'm not sure if they even do tech help over the phone.
 

My Computer

OS
windows 7/windows xp/windows vista
CPU
AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz
Motherboard
Gigabyte AM3 785G ATX
Memory
Mushkin Enhanced Silverline 2GB 240-Pin DDR3
Hard Drives
Western Digitial Cavier Blue 500GB
PSU
Earthwatts 500w
Case
Antec Sonata III
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