Hi, I just built my very first desktop, so I'm completely new to this. Everything is brand new except for my HDD. Since my old desktop was a Vista 32 bit, I 'partitioned' ( I'm honestly not sure if I did it correctly ) my HDD and installed Windows 7 64 bit. It seemed okay so far, but when I restarted my computer an error message came up that read: generate serial ATA driver diskette Y/N? I changed something in my BIOS menu so I would boot up in my HDD instead of the optical drive, but now it says my windows file is corrupted and when my system attempts to find and fix the problem, it cannot fix the problem. I'm stumped and don't know what to do. So I thought if i clean out my HDD and reinstall Windows 7, it might fix everything, but I dont have my old desktop anymore. Thanks in advance guys.
*edit: my specs if necessary are: ASRock Z77 pro3, I5 3570k, corsair vengeance 8 GB RAM, Hitachi 1TB HDD. Also on a side note, is my USB 3.0 cables supposed to be somewhat loose on my motherboard? It falls out with a little force and I'm afraid I might bend the motherboard if I push too hard.
*edit: my specs if necessary are: ASRock Z77 pro3, I5 3570k, corsair vengeance 8 GB RAM, Hitachi 1TB HDD. Also on a side note, is my USB 3.0 cables supposed to be somewhat loose on my motherboard? It falls out with a little force and I'm afraid I might bend the motherboard if I push too hard.