I had something similar happen to me once with a drive I had been using for Linux installs, dual booting or some such.
If I remember right, I had to use a Win PE or Linux disk to delete the partitions and reformat the thing, then the Windows installer could see it.. -- JRS [email protected] Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. ----- Original Message ---- > From: Brian Weeden <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, December 1, 2009 9:32:40 AM > Subject: Re: [H] Win 7 setup not recognizing drives > > I did not reformat them. I guess I should start there. > > I found one of the 250GB drives that worked, so I'm guessing it is probably > an error along the lines of what Tim suggested. Once I'm done with the > re-install, I'm going to get one of those cool SATA docks and go through and > check and wipe all the drives just to make sure. > > --------------------------- > Brian Weeden > Technical Advisor > Secure World Foundation > +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada > +1 (202) 683-8534 US > > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 12:12 PM, DSinc wrote: > > > Brian, > > Did you reformat (erase) these 250GB drives before you put them in storage? > > > > Or, do you mean you can not even get W7 to reformat these drives? > > That would be a pisser! > > > > As they were p/o a raid array, W7 may be seeing some special formatting in > > the initial sectors (by the raid controller) and by-passes the drive because > > the rest of the "array" is missing. > > Only thing I can think of. > > > > Recall talk before about different raid controllers doing different stuff > > to drives and making them hard to move/re-use to/on other raid controllers. > > Best, > > Duncan > > > > > > Brian Weeden wrote: > > > >> I've got several 250 GB Seagate drives that used to be in my HTPC RAID. > >> They've been replaced by 1 TB drives so now I'm looking to use them > >> elsewhere. > >> > >> I am trying to install Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit which I just purchased on > >> one of those drives. The drive detects perfectly fine in BIOS, has no > >> problems, but the Win 7 setup will not find it or show it as an option to > >> install to. If I put another drive on that same exact connector/cable, it > >> detects it. > >> > >> Is there something that the RAID adapter/software could have changed on > >> the > >> drive to cause this? When I migrated to the new RAID, I copied all the > >> data > >> from the old RAID to the new one which was running on a new controller. I > >> then just disconnected all the old 250 GB drives and put them in storage. > >> > >> --------------------------- > >> Brian Weeden > >> Technical Advisor > >> Secure World Foundation > >> > >> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada > >> +1 (202) 683-8534 US > >> > >>
