No drive to partition.

[fluffman93312]

Hello,
I'm installing a fresh install of Win 7, but when the screen comes up to partition the hard drive, no hard drives are visible. I have the option to browse for it, but I can't seem to find it. The hard drive is connected good. Help Please.

 

[WR2]

Hello fluffman93312;

What's on the hard drive now? Has the target partition already been formatted?

 

[fluffman93312]

I'm installing a new OS because the screen went black and stated that no OS was found, so I thought that I would just easily install a fresh OS, but when I get to the point where I can split the drive up, there's nothing there? I have the option to "browse" for it, but I don't know where it's located. I'm not sure what's on the HDD at the moment. No formatting as of yet. I can't get that far.

 

[WR2]

Like maybe the whole hard drive has failed?

 

[WR2]

Have you checked the BIOS to see if the computer can 'see' a hard drive attached?

 

[fluffman93312]

I hope it hasn't, but it seems that way. When I go into the BIOS set up, I only get about two tabs over before it locks and I can't navigate anymore.

 

[WR2]

Was anything unusual going on before the screen went black on you?
Any beeping going on as you power on the laptop?

 

[WR2]

Hiren's BootCD 15.1: All in One Bootable CD with a bunch of utilities programs, including most of the usual Hard Disk and File Systems Tools.

 

[fluffman93312]

It went black on my daughter. I opened it up and the vents and the heat sync was very dirty. I cleaned it up. I do hear a strange "tune" like, but not the code beeping that I'm used to. Like the HDD drive is make a funny rhythmic like sound.

 

[WR2]

Try taking the whole HDD out of the system and see if you can get into BIOS and navigate normally.

- or just detach the data and power cables - that will work.

 

[fluffman93312]

I've never used Hiren's disc. Is fairly easy to find HDD files that I'll need? Do I load it to CD or DVD?

 

[fluffman93312]

I'll pull the HDD and let you know if I can navigate the BIOS. It'll take me a bit, but I'll get back to you. Thank you for your help.

 

[WR2]

http://www.hirensbootcd.org/download/
You download an .ISO file and burn it to a CD/DVD (or you can use a USB thumb drive).
It's not windows - more like an old DOS system.

 

[fluffman93312]

I clicked on the Hiren's link, but I don't see where to download it.

 

[fluffman93312]

Got it. Thank you.

 

[fluffman93312]

Don't laugh, but how do I save it as an .ISO?

 

[fluffman93312]

Is the .ISO inside the .ZIP file?

 

[WR2]

Yes it is. It's going to unzip to a single 500 MB file that you can burn to a CD.
If you're using Win7 it will happily burn it for you. If you need a .ISO Burning utility program IMGBurn is nice and easy to use.

An .ISO file (aka disk image) is an easy way to make exact duplicates, in this case that also includes the stuff to make the disk self booting.

 

[fluffman93312]

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[fluffman93312]

I hope I did it right. I'm going to try it.
Thank you very much.

 

[WR2]

Let us know how you're making out.