Posted: 8/5/2013 8:39:48 AM EDT
| I am trying to install an OS on a hard drive and the installer can't find the drive to format the drive and install the os. Do i need to put the drive in another computer to format it so the install can find it? |
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If it can't find the drive than formatting it won't help. What you probably need to do is provide drivers for the drive controller. Alternatively in many BIOSes you have the option to change the SATA port to AHCI and then the OS should see it. I will give this a try. when I get home |
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If it can't find the drive than formatting it won't help. What you probably need to do is provide drivers for the drive controller. Alternatively in many BIOSes you have the option to change the SATA port to AHCI and then the OS should see it. Only if the sata port is set to raid will it behave that way and even then most computers made in the last 3-4 windows will have an "F6" driver built into the OS drivers. |
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If BIOS doesn't detect the drive then 2 things are the most likely. Your BIOS doesn't support the drive (some have size limitations) or you're missing (or is loose) power or data connections. It's also possible the drive is just dead.
Start with the easy stuff, check the connections. The move on to the more complex things outlined in this thread. Not showing up (at all) in BIOS is a sign of no connectivity at all or a bad drive controller on the disk itself. (could be a bad data cable (unlikely) or not enough juice from the PSW (even more unlikely). |
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Start there. Do you have another drive to test to see if it shows up in bios? Quoted:
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To answer your question, no. First things first, does the drive show up in the BIOS? No Start there. Do you have another drive to test to see if it shows up in bios? I have another drive that shows up in bios. But that drive can't be used for the OS as it is a large storage drive with things that can't go away on it. I have tried swapping the sata cables on the drives and the os drive did not show but the other drive did 
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| using this cable I was able to plug the drive into another computer and view the drive. So i don't think the drive is bad. |
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Here's you go. Curious, how is this drive being connected to it's controller, IDE or SATA? http://i.imgur.com/qoKYRAl.gif It is hooked up to the motherboard via Sata 3. I will take pics when i get off of work so you guys can see my motherboard. |
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