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Old 03-11-2008   #5 (permalink)
John Barnes


 
 

Re: Vista install can't see SATA hard drive

You should have the SATA controller driver (usually from the MOBO disk) and
install on the page where you select the drive. There is a button to
install the driver.

"Jay" <Jay@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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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?
>
>
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