Windows 7 Not detecting new hard drive

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Im upgrading to windows 7 on a new hard drive and it will not detect my seagate hard drive any help please?
 

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mechedpotatoes said:
Im upgrading to windows 7 on a new hard drive and it will not detect my seagate hard drive any help please?
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The first thing try going into your BIOS and making sure the drive shows there. If you are not sure how to do that, let us know.
 

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My bios tells me WDC ROM Model-HAWK where my hard drive is connected
 

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I went into diskpart during install and it said i have no drives connected
 

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Check all the cables, unplug & replug all cables.Than recheck BIOS.
 

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I threw in a different sata cable and tried a different port and it still tells me WDC Rom model-hawk and im using a seagate barracuda??
 

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What do you have your Bios setup as for your HD's ? AHCI, SATA, or IDE ?
 

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OK so I reset my bios and it didnt help. My HD config is on enhanced S-ATA
 

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If you plug in your old Hd in, can BIOS find?
 

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Well I just thew in another hard drive and it read it so I think mine is bad?
 

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Also, you said you changed your sata cable, did you change the power connection from your power supply to the drive as well?
 

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Unplug all other HD's, plug new HD into SATA1.

Next change SATA controller to AHCI. What are the avalable choices?

Do you have the latest BIOS version update?
 
I'm running a Seagate 1TB Barracuda. My bios auto detects new sata devices check if your bios has an auto detect setting.

You can download SeaTools but I can't see much point in proceeding if your BIOS cannot detect the HDD.

Edit: I was thinking of upgrading my HDD firmware to CC46 I think after reading this I won't bother! There may be something here that helps you
http://forums.seagate.com/t5/Barrac...-CC46-fail-BIOS-don-t-detect-the-HD/m-p/65900
 
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