My bios detects my hdd but windows 7 doesnt

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goofyguber7

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Is there some floppy disc i need to put in, it's really weird that my bios would show it but when I try to install windows 7 it doesnt show up! I have a seagate 1tb hard disc drive and it says it's internal storage.
 
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I have never been to microcenter because they choose to not build a location near me but they may have a tech service that will format it for you, of course they may also charge for this service. Do you have any techie friends that may be able to do this for you? Also the linux route is very simple
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/put-lubuntu-on-a-flash-drive-using-windows/

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Unfortunatly I do not, another weird thing is it's showing that port one and 2 are asus in the bios but my hdd is seagate... Also the hdd is connected to 5 and the disc imputer is connected to 3
 
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Hey,

Is the drive formatted? If not then you should try to do so. Either plug connect it to another computer, or download a Linux distro like Lubuntu and install it on a USB stick. Then simple boot into the live USB stick and use the disk management tools included with Lubuntu to partition the drive in NTFS. While you are there you can also check the SMART data to make sure everything is in order with the drive.

Also make sure you are using the native SATA controller on your motherboard, and set the BIOS to AHCI.

Hope this helps!
 
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goofyguber7

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I havnt done anything to the drive so I would assume no it's not formatted but Ill try that also it is set to AHCI and do I like load up linux onto the computer and configure from there also would replacing the drive fix the issue I could always return it to the store

 
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goofyguber7

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Ok and I bought it from microcenter could I get it replaced or ask them to format it for me, I m a huge newbie at this, first build, and I dont wanna mess anything up

 
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I have never been to microcenter because they choose to not build a location near me but they may have a tech service that will format it for you, of course they may also charge for this service. Do you have any techie friends that may be able to do this for you? Also the linux route is very simple
http://www.pendrivelinux.com/put-lubuntu-on-a-flash-drive-using-windows/

 
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goofyguber7

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All i need to do is install this to my computer and then it will format it right? if so I will do this tomorrow I gotta go to sleep thanks for the help tho! Also why is it that the driver needs to be formatted? Just curios, thanks!

 
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You need to install linux onto a thumbdrive so that it becomes bootable media. Once you can boot into linux via the usb drive, boot into it on the new computer instead of the harddrive and use the disk management tools included with the linux distro to format the harddrive to NTFS. Essentially you are turning the usb thumbdrive into a linux system disk.
 
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