I hadn't run anything on this hard drive yet. It was an OEM version so i
took it out of the bubble pack and installed it into my computer. So maybe I
take it out, attach to my other computer and try to format it.
"Bob F." wrote:
Quote:
> "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.
>