No drives were found. Click Load Driver to provide a mass storage driver for installation.

Abid Riaz

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Hi, I have a Asus X401A notebook that has an Aptio 212 bios.

The problem starts here as I can't see the Hdd anywhere.

I have tried different hdd's with no luck.

If I connect an external optical drive I get as far as:

"No drives were found. Click Load Driver to provide a mass storage driver for installation."

I have tried Gparted as well as Shift + F10 once you come to installing Win7 and come to the Language option. No hdd is listed.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
The driver you need to load at the beginning of the Windows 7 installation is listed on the Asus X401A support page in Drivers and Downloads as OTHERS:

Version V11.1.0.1006 or V11.5.0.1207
Description Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver

Don't forget to UNZIP the file before attempting to load the driver.