New rig, disk reader is not reading disks

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Yes so it's connected properly; everything is I'm pretty sure. The hard drive is new so I want to install windows, but the disk drive doesn't read anything. I select it as priority boot and get the message "please insert xxxxxx". I'm not sure what to go on from here.
 

Aeeee2

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Oh yes I also want to add I've tried installing windows on my old computer but I pretty much get the same message. So maybe it has to do something with the hard drive...? It's 500gbs 7200rpm 16cache