Will not see HD on Fresh Install

[RunninWyld]

Hello,

I've browsed this forum and have found that other people have had issues with Windows 7 not being able to see their Harddrives. I am having the same problem, but none of the remedies mentioned will work for me.

I am not upgrading form a previous OS, this is a new system with brand new everything. So, i have an empty WD Caviar Blue SATA II that is waiting for Windows 7. Unfortunately, when Setup gets to the "Select Drive" screen, no drive shows up. The drive is visible in my Bios, so I know it's plugged in right. But, Windows 7 is failing to find it.

Are there some drivers I need to download to make it show up?

Thanks for your input.

 

[Minotar]

Go into control panel>aministrative tool>computer management>disc management.
In there you should see your SataII drive.
Right click>assgin letter.

It should pick it up.

If you cannot see your hard drive in the my computer window but you can see it in device manager then this will work.

 

[computersplus]

Drivers

you need to download and unzip the SATA/RAID drivers for your motherboard on a USB flash drive and when you get to the drive setup screen you can load them from the flash drive so the system will then be able to install to the hard drive after loading the drivers

 

[computersplus]

System Specs

please fill in your system spec and I will help you find the driver you need in order to do this

 

[RunninWyld]

please fill in your system spec and I will help you find the driver you need in order to do this

Gigabyte GA-MA790X-UD4P Motherboard.

 

[computersplus]

OS

are you using XP as listed in spec or 7 32/64 bit please as much info as possible here it will help to speed things along

 

[RunninWyld]

are you using XP as listed in spec or 7 32/64 bit please as much info as possible here it will help to speed things along

Sorry about that.

Windows 7 64-bit
AMD Phenom IIx4 Processor
8 GB ram
WD Caviar Blue 320 GB SATA HD

 

[computersplus]

driver

ok here you go bottom of page driver in the middle description is below good luck

2009/11/05 AMD SATA RAID Driver (Preinstall driver, press F6 during Windows* setup

GIGABYTE - Support&Download - Motherboard - Driver - GA-MA790X-UD4P (rev. 1.0)

 

[RunninWyld]

ok here you go bottom of page driver in the middle description is below good luck

2009/11/05 AMD SATA RAID Driver (Preinstall driver, press F6 during Windows* setup

GIGABYTE - Support&Download - Motherboard - Driver - GA-MA790X-UD4P (rev. 1.0)

For some reason, this did not work. Is there something I could be doing wrong?

 

[computersplus]

Drivers

you have to extract the package with a program like 7 zip or winzip and put the extracted files on the flash drive

 

[RunninWyld]

you have to extract the package with a program like 7 zip or winzip and put the extracted files on the flash drive

Did that.
Can there be something wrong with the motherboard bios?

 

[computersplus]

7 Zip

here is how to use 7 zip

Tutorial: Extracting files with 7-Zip | Binaries4all Usenet Tutorials

 

[computersplus]

what happened

ok what exactly happened when you tried to use those files

 

[RunninWyld]

I extracted the files onto my flash drive.
Plugged the drive into my new computer and booted Windows 7 from the DVD and went through the install process. When it gets to the screen where it asks me to select the drive on which to install windows, no hard drives are showing up. So, I click on the get drivers button, select my flash drive and hit OK. It thinks for a minute, refreshes the drive list and still nothing shows up. So, for whatever reason, windows 7 is still unable to see my hard drive when I try to install.

I thought it might be a problem with the drive, so I plugged it into my old computer (which is running XP) and it sees it fine.

 

[computersplus]

files

how were the files on the flash drive in a folder or just the files

 

[RunninWyld]

I put them in a separate folder on the flash drive called "Drivers." Windows 7 isn't seeing the individual files.

 

[computersplus]

ok

ok the installer is not that smart just put the files on the drive not in a folder

 

[RunninWyld]

Well, that didn't work either. It keeps shooting me this message: "No signed device drivers. Make sure the installation media contains the correct drivers and click OK."

 

[Minotar]

Just a note,RAM can sometimes casue the installation to go awry,try taking out 4gig just for the installation then put it back in.

And you have the BIOS settings so the SATA is a bootable HD in the boot order somewhere?

 

[computersplus]

Drivers

well those are the right drivers based on the board info