Annoying Windows 7 instalation problem

[liamthepirate]

I bought a 1tb Hitachi deskstar internal drive and when I try to fresh install , when it asks me to pick a hard drive it doesn't recognise any of them (even the ones that were working and I was using before I tried to add the new hard drive) I don't think the new hard drive needs drivers but not sure..

So what I really want is to start a fresh 64bit Windows copy and then copy the stuff I wanted from old hard drives ..
Pc been not working now for about a week..I'm sure I'm just missing something small but hope you guys can help

 

[aford10]

Are your drives SATA drives?

If so, verify that all the drives have the power and data cables plugged in.

 

[liamthepirate]

I'm nearly sure there SATA ..they have the little L shaped connector I will check power cables now . Psu is corsair 650

 

[liamthepirate]

Ok there's a sata l shaped connector then a longer L shaped connector Guatemala matches the power cables then a small two pin thing on hdd I don't think that's needed..

When I boot without disk it says disk boot failure, insert system disk andd press enter

 

[liamthepirate]

Sorry excuse the spelling and strange word I'm using an android phone to type this

 

[aford10]

Check out this pic. The top is an IDE drive, the bottom is SATA. They are pretty easy to tell apart.


Some SATA drives have jumpers on them, to downclock to the SATA 1.5GB speed.

When trying to do a fresh install, you'll be booting off your DVD drive. So make sure that's the first boot device in the BIOS. You should at least be able to boot off that, even if it's not recognizing the hard drive(s).

 

[liamthepirate]

Ye it is sata..its a new hdd but is there different types of sata? Or newer versions? This is pretty recent...but it brings me through Windows installation fine just when it comes to pick a hard drive nothing show and it gives me an option to load drivers..

And I can't just go back to my old c drive because I screwed up the order of the drives and now the file is missing for that..

Is there any drivers you need for doing a fresh install inn a hdd fresh out of the box?

 

[aford10]

Go into the BIOS, and verify that your drives are showing there. Also, verify that SATA is enabled in the BIOS.

Go to the motherboard manufacturer's website, and look for a SATA driver.

I thought all versions of W7 had SATA support, but I could be wrong there. What version of W7 are you installing? I trust that it's a legal version?

 

[Jonmor68]

I suspect that when it's giving an option to load drivers, that may be for a raid configaration. No drivers are required for standard sata instalation.
Check bios to see what mode the sata drives are in, if Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) then change it to IDE/PATA compatability and try again.

 

[liamthepirate]

I am in integrated peripherals.. it says

1.chip IDE channel enabled
2.chip sata controller enabled
3. Chip sata type: native IDE ( or options of raid or ahci)

Then it says onchip sata port 4/5 type : IDE

Il post pics now of everything

 

[liamthepirate]

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[liamthepirate]

Which slot should I have hard drive connected to on MB us it Sata_2 0 or sata_2 1 ..or is it higher

 

[aford10]

SATA_2 0 is fine. Either will do, really. They are just multiple ports that run on the SATA 2 speed.

Try changing your On Chip Sata type Native IDE setting.

 

[liamthepirate]

I been reading things on Google..would it have to to with sata controller? Or would flashing the BIOS to a new version help.. I don't understand why everything stopped working when I plugged in new hdd

 

[aford10]

An outdated BIOS can cause a number of issues, but I would hope that your current BIOS was capable of recognizing hard drives attached to it's SATA ports.

This may be a dumb question, but have you tried disconnecting that hard drive, to see if your other SATA drives are recognized? You do have more than this 1 SATA device don't you?

 

[liamthepirate]

yeah i had a sata drive connected and an older ide drive and had them working at the same time then everything went astray when i tryed to connect the new one. I just got NTLDR is missing

heres my motherboard i see they have new bios versions and drivers wonder could any help me

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=3397&dl=1#bios

 

[aford10]

Try replacing your old SATA hard drive with the new one. Use the same cable and port, just swap the drives.

 

[liamthepirate]

Nope it wont recognise anything except the ide dvd drive:? ok i downloaded the newet bios file for my mb and am loading it on to pc now ..it says pass..hope it didnt screw it up :/

 

[aford10]

If you've got the jumper on the drive, remove it.

 

[liamthepirate]

I dont think i ever had a jumper on it.. I have usb stick in and it is recognising that in hard disk boot priority ..? but nothing else...this is so strange

 

[aford10]

Ok there's a sata l shaped connector then a longer L shaped connector Guatemala matches the power cables then a small two pin thing on hdd I don't think that's needed.

I thought you said there was a jumper on that new SATA drive?

 

[liamthepirate]

yes your right i did say this..What should i do with this?

 

[aford10]

If it has a jumper on it, just remove it. If it's capable of SATA II speeds, your port is as well, so it doesn't need to be down clocked by the jumper.

 

[Jonmor68]

Did you remove the IDE drive when you installed the new drive? If not by adding the new drive the drive order may have changed.
If the IDE drive contained systems files then changing the drive order would give that error. So if you removed it reconnect it.
If you havn't changed the cables around since you have had this problem, try disconnecting the new drive to see if it boots up.
If it does, go into bios and check the order the drives are in. Then reconnect the new drive and go into bios again and make sure the new drive is set after the other two.

 

[liamthepirate]

yeah i think i did disconnect the IDE drive because the wires were in the way and im guessing that this is what has screwed it all up..

It just aint recognising any drives except dvd drive and usb flash drive .. Im so confused