bradyfan123
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i cant instlal windows because the drive isn't being detected by bios..its a serial ata sata drive..i plugged everything in correctly..appreciate any help
New computer BIOS WILL NOT DETECT SATA DRIVE
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Hairy_Lee
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ive not seen a sata drive detected in the main system bios.... there should be a second sata controller bios that you see when you boot your system... enter that and then check your sata drive.
also, in order to install windows onto a serial ata drive you need to have a floopy disk of drivers for your sata or raid controller... with the disk inserted into the system and booting from your windows cd you should see a text prompt at the bottom about specifying a device or something like that by pressing F6... do this and choose the sata/raid controller thats in your system.
That should set you well on your way
also, in order to install windows onto a serial ata drive you need to have a floopy disk of drivers for your sata or raid controller... with the disk inserted into the system and booting from your windows cd you should see a text prompt at the bottom about specifying a device or something like that by pressing F6... do this and choose the sata/raid controller thats in your system.
That should set you well on your way
The_Other_One
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You're not using one of those SATA to IDE converters, are you?
bradyfan123
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yea its wierd my hard drive doesnt have the ide port to plug in the ide..im using a red wire with a black bottom its lik a line then a turn..iono y bios wont detect it..n now i hav 2 buy a floppy drive..then wut?