New OS install, no hard drives showing up

[natsibley]

I'm installing Windows 7 on an older PC. It was running on it before but my hard drive bit the dust. When I boot from the install disk and go to install it, there are no hard drives listed and the message says "No drives were found. Click Load Driver to provide a mass storage driver for installation."

It's an old Dell Dimension 8300 with a couple WD hard drives in it, a 250GB and a 500GB. I could get the model numbers if that's necessary.

Thanks in advance,
Nathan

 

[danny2000]

Are they showing up in the BIOS?

Disconnect the one that you do not want the o/s on.
On the one with the o/s, make sure that is set to Cable Select or CS for short.

 

[arunphilip]

Check to see what the BIOS setting for IDE/SATA is, and try flipping it around.

 

[natsibley]

Thanks, the secondary drive was not set to cable select. Moved the jumper and that solved the problem. I love this place.

 

[danny2000]

Good, please select my answer as Best Answer.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

This topic has been closed by SR-71 Blackbird

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Best answer selected by SR-71 Blackbird.