"Jay" <Jay@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C3113AAC-9DCF-46F0-9B6B-07C5292608EF@xxxxxx
Quote:
>I am trying to do a clean install on a newly built system but Vista can not
> see my SATA hard drive. I have a Seagate 7200 barracuda 320 GB SATA HD
> and a
> Giga-byte P35 Mobo. Not knowing if it was a Vista issue or a hardware
> issue,
> I put in a XP installation disk and XP could recognize the drive. I
> stopped
> the install and tried loading some drivers off of the disk from Gigabyte.
> Vista still can not see the hard drive, but now when I throw the XP
> install
> disk back in, it can not see the hard drive either. Anyone know how to
> fix
> this?
>
>
What do you see with Seagate Disk Tools? That should be able to format the
drive and prepare it for an OS installation.
--
BobF.