- Apr 17, 2002
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I feel like I've tried everything I can possibly think of here and I'm still left frustrated and confused. Problem is, simply put, Windows 7 refuses to install to any of my three HDDs.
Upon first glance it looks like Windows just can't see/find the drive(s). As if it requires RAID drivers. But then when it asks me to load the necessary drivers the harddrive that I've partitioned outside of the installer is visible and selectable to load drivers FROM. So it shows up in the browser to select drivers, but then in the install menu NOTHING is listed. So it makes no sense to me why, if it can see the partitioned space from the 'browse' window, does it refuse to see it and install to it outside of that menu? Another oddity is that Windows XP can see and install to any of the drives just fine, as can Linux. And even more frustrating, I've had Windows 7 installed on the drive before!
I'm using older hardware, a Gigabyte 965P-DS3. It has a JMicron RAID controller for 2xSATA as well as the standard Intel ICH8 4xSATA. I've tried both controllers, I've tried it with AHCI on/off, using the SATA in legacy IDE mode, putting two drives in RAID, tried with and without formatting and partitiong the drive prior to starting the install and NOTHING I've done has yet to make a single drive visible for 7 to install to.
I'm out of ideas here, so I'm really hoping someone here can help me solve this mystery because it has me very frustrated.
Upon first glance it looks like Windows just can't see/find the drive(s). As if it requires RAID drivers. But then when it asks me to load the necessary drivers the harddrive that I've partitioned outside of the installer is visible and selectable to load drivers FROM. So it shows up in the browser to select drivers, but then in the install menu NOTHING is listed. So it makes no sense to me why, if it can see the partitioned space from the 'browse' window, does it refuse to see it and install to it outside of that menu? Another oddity is that Windows XP can see and install to any of the drives just fine, as can Linux. And even more frustrating, I've had Windows 7 installed on the drive before!
I'm using older hardware, a Gigabyte 965P-DS3. It has a JMicron RAID controller for 2xSATA as well as the standard Intel ICH8 4xSATA. I've tried both controllers, I've tried it with AHCI on/off, using the SATA in legacy IDE mode, putting two drives in RAID, tried with and without formatting and partitiong the drive prior to starting the install and NOTHING I've done has yet to make a single drive visible for 7 to install to.
I'm out of ideas here, so I'm really hoping someone here can help me solve this mystery because it has me very frustrated.