Windows 7 not recognizing Hard disk (Promise 378)

[Accipiter]

OK, I'm currently using Windows XP Pro 32 bit. I have an Asus A8v-Deluxe mobo. My hard drive is a samsung, SATA. I have it set in my bios to IDE.

I go to install Windows 7 Professional, x64. When it gets to the screen where my hard-drives / partitions should be located so I can select one to install on, on, nothing shows up. I had a disk of Promise SATA378 drivers for XP, but I tried that with windows 7 and that did not work. I also tried going into my bios and changing the hard-drive setting from IDE to RAID, but that made no difference.

I guess I need Promise drivers for Windows 7, (or vista apparently), but can not find either. Can someone here help?

 

[zigzag3143]

OK, I'm currently using Windows XP Pro 32 bit. I have an Asus A8v-Deluxe mobo. My hard drive is a samsung, SATA. I have it set in my bios to IDE.

I go to install Windows 7 Professional, x64. When it gets to the screen where my hard-drives / partitions should be located so I can select one to install on, on, nothing shows up. I had a disk of Promise SATA378 drivers for XP, but I tried that with windows 7 and that did not work. I also tried going into my bios and changing the hard-drive setting from IDE to RAID, but that made no difference.

I guess I need Promise drivers for Windows 7, (or vista apparently), but can not find either. Can someone here help?

not sure if you have a raid or not but drivers can be found here. If they are not available for win 7 then use vista in compatability mode. As a last resort use the xp driver in compatability mode

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Ken

 

[Accipiter]

Sorry, I'm confused.

That link posted gave me drivers that cover up to Windows 2003, there's nothing for Windows 7 or Vista listed. Also, what do you mean by use vista in compatability mode? I don't have vista, and it doesn't look like there are vista drivers on that link you posted.



also, I don't actually have a Raid, I just have one hard drive.

 

[zigzag3143]

Sorry, I'm confused.

That link posted gave me drivers that cover up to Windows 2003, there's nothing for Windows 7 or Vista listed. Also, what do you mean by use vista in compatability mode? I don't have vista, and it doesn't look like there are vista drivers on that link you posted.



also, I don't actually have a Raid, I just have one hard drive.

No they are up to windows XP. if you cant find anything newer you may have to try them in compatibility mode.

Instructions for installing in cmpatibility mode can be found here http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html

Let me know if you need help with insstalling them.

 

[Accipiter]

Sorry, I'm confused.

That link posted gave me drivers that cover up to Windows 2003, there's nothing for Windows 7 or Vista listed. Also, what do you mean by use vista in compatability mode? I don't have vista, and it doesn't look like there are vista drivers on that link you posted.



also, I don't actually have a Raid, I just have one hard drive.

No they are up to windows XP. if you cant find anything newer you may have to try them in compatibility mode.

Instructions for installing in cmpatibility mode can be found here http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html

Let me know if you need help with insstalling them.

ooooh I see....Yeah I can't find anything newer. I'm going to have to try running this in compatibility mode....So I run the makedisk.exe program in compatability mode? Or the drivers? I have NO idea what I'm doing now.. lol

 

[Accipiter]

The makedisk.exe doesn't even have an entry for vista or Windows 7 under compatibility mode.


Looks like I have to buy a new processor, video card, and motherboard if I want to run windows 7. What a crock... lol

 

[zigzag3143]

Timeout

you downloaded the driver, did you read the tutorial about compatibility mode?

Right click makedisk.exe go to compatibility and check the box that says xp sp2.

See picture

Ken

 

[Accipiter]

hang on...I just realized I don't have SP3. I just reformatted a few weeks ago and must have never installed it. Let's see if that changes what I see on that compatibility box.

 

[calvin0512]

hi guy, my pal ran across this problme. and I suggested he copy the raid driver in you flash disk or hard disk before installing win7 pro. After loading raid driver, the disk volume list will come back. hopefully my reply makes sense for you

 

[Accipiter]

UUUUGH I can't even do the compatibility mode thing. Vista doesn't show up, nor does XP...here's how my dropdown list looks, this is in XP sp3:

 

[Accipiter]

hi guy, my pal ran across this problme. and I suggested he copy the raid driver in you flash disk or hard disk before installing win7 pro. After loading raid driver, the disk volume list will come back. hopefully my reply makes sense for you

I'm not sure what you mean? I can't find a driver that works for windows 7

 

[zigzag3143]

UUUUGH I can't even do the compatibility mode thing. Vista doesn't show up, nor does XP...here's how my dropdown list looks, this is in XP sp3:

My apologies. I forgot Im working on a win 7 machine now so of course yours is going to look different.

You can and should if you are using the XP driver, the XP sp3 box.

Sorry about the different look

Ken

 

[Accipiter]

UUUUGH I can't even do the compatibility mode thing. Vista doesn't show up, nor does XP...here's how my dropdown list looks, this is in XP sp3:

My apologies. I forgot Im working on a win 7 machine now so of course yours is going to look different.

You can and should if you are using the XP driver, the XP sp3 box.

Sorry about the different look

Ken

Can and should what the sp3 box? I think you missed a word there~! lol


so basically I'm up a creek?

 

[Accipiter]

yeah, looks like I'm boned. lol

 

[Tomas]

Look at it as a good excuse to make a upgrade of your hardware.
It always works with my wife *grin*

 

[Ronald]

Sorry, I'm confused.

That link posted gave me drivers that cover up to Windows 2003, there's nothing for Windows 7 or Vista listed. Also, what do you mean by use vista in compatability mode? I don't have vista, and it doesn't look like there are vista drivers on that link you posted.



also, I don't actually have a Raid, I just have one hard drive.

No they are up to windows XP. if you cant find anything newer you may have to try them in compatibility mode.

Instructions for installing in cmpatibility mode can be found here http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/316-compatibility-mode.html

Let me know if you need help with insstalling them.

Use the win 2003 drivers, I have the same mobo with the promise 378 sata. They work perfectly.

 

[kotul]

I'm having the same problem while installing windows 7 on my comp, I've tried using the xp and 2003 drivers, but it won't let me, I don't have any operating system on either of my drives, and its an asus A8V deluxe motherboard with the promise 20378 raid. I don't know what you're talkinng about run in compatability mode if the os won't install.

 

[theog]

I'm having the same problem while installing windows 7 on my comp, I've tried using the xp and 2003 drivers, but it won't let me, I don't have any operating system on either of my drives, and its an asus A8V deluxe motherboard with the promise 20378 raid. I don't know what you're talkinng about run in compatability mode if the os won't install.

Try this:

Open winxp folder, click on fasttx2k.INF

 

[kotul]

The W7 install will only let me select the folder where the driver is, not the specific file.

 

[theog]

The W7 install will only let me select the folder where the driver is, not the specific file.

Try this:

NOTE: for this example, I am using Promise Fastrak 376.