Win7 installer doesnt see my HDD.

[xGuyFawkes]

As the the title says, my hard drive is messed up. I'll give a brief run through:

Start Computer
Load BIOS system info- get all info on what is currently installed. It tells me
here that it detects my CD/DVD drive AND it recognizes a hard drive is plugged in.
Load Boot Menu- only the CD/DVD is Bootable
Restart
Acess System BIOS Settings- Only CD/DVD is recognized
Load Install Disk
Go to Repair Computer
CMD-DiskPart-ListDisk-There are no fixed disks......
Try to install
No drive available for install


I am just confused. My hard drive was fine a week ago. I've just decided to move it to a new system so I cleared it out(I used DBan, which I assume may have something to do with it...).
Any help is appreciated. I'll try to post pics if people need them, but there isn't much more info really. Basically it's just that the installer doesn't see my HDD and DiskPart and all other options of formating and messing with the partitons (which im unable to do) doesn't fix it.

THANKS
Merry Christmas!
Happy Holidays!

 

[TRWOV]

Are you using an USB stick or DVD as install media? If you're using an USB3.0 stick try with a 2.0 one. Weird but has worked for me before.

If you're using a DVD I don't know what to tell you.

 

[xGuyFawkes]

Yeah I'm using a DVD :/

Though I may switch to USB and see if it works

 

[TRWOV]

Do you have another PC available?

Connect the hard drive and see if it loads on the Disk manager

 

[eidairaman1]

Need system specs

 

[xGuyFawkes]

CPU: AMD FX 6300
RAM: G.Skill Rip jaws Series 2x4GB 1600
PSU: EVGA 500w Bronze
MOBO: ASUS M5A78L-M USB3
GPU: None Currently

 

[eidairaman1]

Your hdd?

 

[xGuyFawkes]

Oh yeah my bad.

Western Digital Caviar Blue 320GB 7200RPM

WD3200AAJS

 

[Saidrex]

Most likely BIOS settings... Go to BIOS, set SATA mode from AHCI to IDE and try again. Win 7 installation doesn't have AHCI support.

 

[xGuyFawkes]

It's set to IDE.

 

[Saidrex]

Check cables, make sure HDD power cable and data cable are properly plugged in. Better yet - switch out data cable with different one (it could be damaged). Try to plug it in different sata port on your motherboard.

 

[xGuyFawkes]

Cable is new. Power is sufficient. And I have tried all the ports, eventually settling on port 1.

 

[micropage7]

try resetting the bios and change the sata port

 

[xGuyFawkes]

The majority of the stuff that has been suggested, I have tried I hate to say that but I troubleshoot before I post, and do multiple hours of research...

 

[newtekie1]

Drive was already failing(WD Blue drives fail all the time), DBAN likely killed it the rest of the way.

Replace it.

 

[xGuyFawkes]

I've had this thing for literally 7 years with not even the slightest bit of speed drop, tried and tested!

 

[Solaris17]

I've had this thing for literally 7 years with not even the slightest bit of speed drop, tried and tested!

and what do you think that means exactly? what weight do you think that holds in this situation? "my engine has gotten all its maintenance and showed no signs of failing but today it wont start I have gas wtf is going on?"

 

[xGuyFawkes]

Well in this case, I can hear it spin up when I power on my computer.

 

[eidairaman1]

Well Either youre not selecting new on partition in win 7 install or your drive is a POS.


P.S. Get cd/dvd bootable tools from WD or get bootable Killdisk from active@

 

[stinger608]

Have found this in the past when that happens:

Once in Windows setup, hit shift+F10 to bring up the command line.
>diskpart [enter]
>list disk [enter]
From the list above (assuming you have more than one HD installed, if not it'll be the only one), find the number corresponding to your HD.
>select drive [number] [enter]
>clean all [enter] * see note below
>create partition primary [enter]
>select partition 1 [enter]
>active [enter]
>format fs=ntfs [enter]
>assign [enter]
>exit [enter]
>exit [enter]

Try the above and report back.

If that does not work then there is something wrong with the SATA ports on the board or something wrong with the hard drive itself.

 

[ahmed3400]

Hi Guys
I've installed windows 7 ultimate and it says HDD not detected on boot up It was working before any suggestions ? is the hard drive blown up ?
I installed a back up software as well this one :/ doesn't work this one (http://www.filesmag.com/2014/12/memory-card-recovery-software-download.html)

 

[Aquinus]

Hi Guys
I've installed windows 7 ultimate and it says HDD not detected on boot up It was working before any suggestions ? is the hard drive blown up ?
I installed a back up software as well this one :/ doesn't work this one (http://www.filesmag.com/2014/12/memory-card-recovery-software-download.html)

Like the OP, it sounds like the HDD failed.

 

[stinger608]

Like the OP, it sounds like the HDD failed.

That or the SATA cable is bad.

 

[Schmuckley]

It could be that the SATA power is dropping out..
I would try one of these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Serial-...t=US_Drive_Cables_dapters&hash=item19f16ffba6

 

[stinger608]

It could be that the SATA power is dropping out..
I would try one of these: http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-Serial-...t=US_Drive_Cables_dapters&hash=item19f16ffba6

If the SATA power is dropping then it is likely that the power supply is going bad and that adapter wouldn't do much good.