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goofymcdooperface

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For some reason when I get to the part where you pick a drive to install windows there isn't an option to pick my hard drive even though it's visable in the bios oh and BTW this is a brand new PC.
 
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Shaun o

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Because when you get to the section of where it asks you, what drive to install windows to.

Look down to the bottom right where it says add driver.
You must if the option in the bios is set to sata mode.

Put the driver cd in the drive that came with the mobo, click load driver and locate the sata driver for the board of the mobo driver cd.

Once the Sata driver is installed, the drive will appear in the list of where to install windows to.
Replace the mobo driver cd with the windows install disk.
click next to install windows.

NB: Please make sure you have connected the Sata data cable from the drive, to the mobo.

And plugged in the power for the drive from the Psu.
Also check that the Sata port you connected or used on the mobo is enabled in the bios.

 
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Chicano

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The BIOS can recognize a HD with or without drivers, but windows needs drivers or a mode it can read without drivers (IDE Mode), also some newer SATA hard drivers don't need other drivers than those in the Windows CD/DVD so it's a question of finding the BIOS setting that works without the HD drivers ready to be provided which can be installed later from Windows... So, access the BIOS and change the SATA Controller settings... You should have SATA, AHCI, and IDE Native, try each setting till one works, you can set it to:

1. SATA enabled in SATA mode, AHCI mode or IDE Mode, or SATA disabled in IDE Mode (or IDE Native)...

2. and if nothing makes the HD be recognized by the Windows installer, try the Hard Drive in a different SATA port.

3. If still nothing, look for the BIOS S.M.A.R.T. HD setting and disable it.

4. And if nothing up to this point, follow Shaun o's advice and search online for the HD drivers and have them ready to supply them to the Windows installer and change the BIOS controller setting to SATA enabled in SATA or AHCI.

5. If nothing worked, the HD may have to be replaced but I doubt you'll get to this point. Also the motherboard make and model would help to search for relative information.
 
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Chicano

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You can find the drivers the same way you posted here... but you probably won't have to go online... the whole problem is either BIOS settings or bad hard drive because it should be read in IDE Native mode. Even if it's SATA,.. IDE mode will make it work and if it doesn't, the HD is bad.. is the HD new BTW?.
 
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Go here and download or read the PDF Manual specifically under Software Support Chapter 4, page 4.1 on "Installing an Operating System" with instruction on how to provide the drivers from the DVD included in the mobo box. You can probably remove the Win7 installation DVD and insert the Asus DVD to provide the drivers, or you can install them later from Windows 7.
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/SocketAM3+/M5A97_R2.0/E8046_M5A97_R2.pdf

Make sure you have the Hard Drive connected to SATA port 1, and look in the BIOS according to the PDF Manual, in Chapter 3, Bios Setup, page 3.16,

3.5.4. SATA Configuration
You can configure SATA Ports individually, Check in port 1 is reading the Hard Drive and configure it for IDE Native.

Here is a screenshot of the PDF Manual in 3.5.4. SATA Configuration... follow these instructions.
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Guys thank you for all your help but i figured out why my hdd wasn't being detected , it turns out that it was because I was using an external dvd drive to install windows (I did this because i couldn't find a sata power cable for the other dvd drive that I had recently bought).
 
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