Windows 7 does not see my hard drive

[tylerman]

Hi so I just decided to delete my 2 terabyte raid because I need the hard drive for another computer.

On startup I deleted the bios raid.
Changed bios from raid to IDE also tried the ach ( forget what it's called)
Formatted the one and only hard drive I will be using at another computer


So I have read around on the other fourms a bit about this and I have tried some of the things but nothing has worked so far. Windows 7 does not see my hard drive.

Gigabyte x58 a ud7
I7 975
Nvidia 580
Seagate 1 t hard drive

My computer was working fine 10 min ago so of-course it's not hardware related, however I should say although I highly doubt it makes any difference, I burned this windows 7 disc using the windows 7 built in iso burner.

Thank you so much for any help!!!!!!!

 

[speedgamer01]

Can you see it in the device manager?

 

[theog]

First clear your BIOS.
Clear CMOS - 3 Ways To Clear the CMOS - Reset BIOS

Than do a full clean & full format in command prompt.
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/91339-ssd-hdd-optimize-windows-reinstallation.html

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Hello tylerman, welcome to Seven Forums!


Here's some additional information in these tutorials linked below and be sure to post back with any further questions you may have and to keep us informed.

Secure Erase / Wipe : Definition and Methods

SSD / HDD : Optimize for Windows Reinstallation

Additional Secure Erase / Wipe Information

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[tylerman]

Thanks for everyone's help already! As of right now diskpart is cleaning my disk and I am going through that tutorial. If that does not work I will then reset bios however I would prefer not to because there is a complicated overclock with voltage tweaks that I might mess up.

Also should I have my bios set to ide or achi?

Thanks so much I really appreciate it.

 

[theog]

What is the default setting for the Sata controller?

 

[tylerman]

IDE

 

[tylerman]

Thanks everyone the diskpart tutorial worked perfectly!!!

 

[Bare Foot Kid]

Good to see you got it sorted and thanks for the update.

 

[tylerman]

hdd shows in diskpart but not my computer???

so what am I doing wrong??

Thanks for any help!!!!

 

[tylerman]

i fixed the problem I had to assign a letter in disk management

 

[theog]

Try adding a drive letter:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/82994-drive-letter-add-change-remove-windows-7-a.html