Problems installing Windows 7 on new build

ShaneG0312 · Nov 15, 2013

Hello all, I have a foxconn AM3 support motherboard with an athlon II x2 processor, 8 gigs of ram and a 550w psu. The harddrive I have is a seagate barracuda 250 GB harddrive IDE support. When I try to install windows 7 to the device it installs but will not boot from the device. In the BIOS menu the drive is there and is the primary drive. I put the installation disc in again and when I go to choose where to store the OS again my harddrive shows it has OS on it. I reformatted the harddrive to try again and it says the system may not be able to boot from this hard drive. My question is why, and should I just swap a 320 gig SATA support hard drive in.

scout_03 · Nov 15, 2013

this ide drive is set as master on it and in the ide channel settings

ss202sl · Nov 15, 2013

When you reformatted the drive, did you lat the installer format it? When you go to install Win 7, delete all the partitions from the drive, and then install to the empty space.This will allow Windows will create it's hidden boot partition, and then the C partition.

ShaneG0312 · Nov 15, 2013

My hdd is set as master and my disc drive is slave, and no there is no bios update, and yes I reformatted through the windows installation setup, deleted partitions and tried to install to the hdd and now its an error saying it may not be bootable, i may just try a different harddrive via SATA and use that as my storage device for windows. Should I keep the other HDD in and have it as a slave ? Im gonna have the 320 hdd configured as the bootable drive and primary

scout_03 · Nov 15, 2013

you could keep it as storage device and use the 320 as os drive leave it as master and the other slave did you connect it to the right ide part on the ide cable .

ShaneG0312 · Nov 15, 2013

scout_03 :

yes the system board connector is in the MOBO and ide cable is dual port

scout_03 · Nov 15, 2013

then your ok and set the sata as first boot when the os will be install on ,for the ide if nothing work put them both cable select .

ShaneG0312 · Nov 15, 2013

scout_03 :

I will update tomorrow morning when I work on it so ill keep posted hopefully it will install and boot successfully

scout_03 · Nov 15, 2013

be around .

ShaneG0312 · Nov 17, 2013

Hello all, been busy with work. I installed a 320 gig SATA HDD (more modern) and what do you know the OS easily installed so thank you for all your help. clearly the other hdd was too old maybe

scout_03 · Nov 17, 2013

does the other hdd still working at least as storage ?

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