Windows 7 installer wont detect my ide hdd

gordonboy15

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i just built a new system and have been trying to install windows 7 on it. i have a 80 gig ide hdd and the bios detects it but when i try to install windows it just says no drive was found please select driver to install. i have tried to do that but cant figure out what ide driver to install. but when i click browse it shows my c: drive but when i click on it i have to format it but when i try to do that it says it cant. my motherboard is a msi 880gm e41.