Windows 7 installation problem.. help? D:

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VaunMakuza

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Hey guys,

I recently got a computer from a friend.
Now, he took his hard drive with him, so I went and bought a new one today.
It's a terrabyte.
So, I need to install a new OS on it. And I have windows 7 professional.
So, in BIOS, it will detect my hard drive, no problem. I start the setup fine for windwos 7, except, theres a few things.
It skips a few steps like, agreeing to the terms of service, and if I want to upgrade or custom. It goes right to select a drive, which then comes the problem.
It won't detect my hard drive in the installation, but BIOS will detect it.
Help? D:
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 64 professional
VaunMakuza said:
Hey guys,

I recently got a computer from a friend.
Now, he took his hard drive with him, so I went and bought a new one today.
It's a terrabyte.
So, I need to install a new OS on it. And I have windows 7 professional.
So, in BIOS, it will detect my hard drive, no problem. I start the setup fine for windwos 7, except, theres a few things.
It skips a few steps like, agreeing to the terms of service, and if I want to upgrade or custom. It goes right to select a drive, which then comes the problem.
It won't detect my hard drive in the installation, but BIOS will detect it.
Help? D:
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Is the drive formatted? Does it have any partitons? A drive letter?
 

My Computer

Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
HP Pavillion dv-7 1005 Tx
OS
Win 8 Release candidate 8400
CPU
[email protected]
Memory
4 gigs
Graphics Card(s)
Nvidia 9600M
Sound Card
HD built-in
Monitor(s) Displays
17" Wxga
Screen Resolution
1440x900
Cooling
none
Internet Speed
45Mb down 5Mb up
Don't know to the first two, and the last one I'm not sure either. It's all installed properly, all the wires are put in right. It just doesn't want to show up in the windows 7 installation, but I can see my other drives, like the floppy, the cd drive, and the Boot (X: ) drive
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 64 professional
On a side note, I just switched it from IDE to ACHI so I hope that will work x:
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 64 professional
The answer to that would be no, it didn't work. And to answer the other question, no it is probably not partitioned nor formatted. I bought it today and then placed right into my new computer, so its completely blank, nothing has been done to it
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 64 professional
So I was reading through the forums, and now i'm concerned.
The installation completely skips asking for my agreement and skips whether I want to upgrade or custom, can anyone answer that one? D:
 

My Computer

OS
Windows 7 64 professional
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