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Where's my HD?!
Hi, just finished building my first computer and all OK 'til installing Vista
Premium 64 - On the installation screen it sees the 500gb drive I want for storage but not the 320gb one I want for the OS (both brand new, same model just different capacity so same driver, both recognised in the BIOS) Have installed Vista on the 500gb drive in order to get online help and vista now sees the 320gb drive (it also formatted it) However, when I try to install Vista again the installation screen only gives the 500gb option. Any suggestions on how to get Vista from one drive to the other would be hugely appreciated, answers for the technically challenged please. Cheers! |
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Where's my HD?!
Are both drives the same type e.g SATA or PATA? It sounds like the 320 GB is
on a different controller that needs a driver. -- Kerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User http://www.vistahelp.ca "CharlieHelen" wrote in message ... Hi, just finished building my first computer and all OK 'til installing Vista Premium 64 - On the installation screen it sees the 500gb drive I want for storage but not the 320gb one I want for the OS (both brand new, same model just different capacity so same driver, both recognised in the BIOS) Have installed Vista on the 500gb drive in order to get online help and vista now sees the 320gb drive (it also formatted it) However, when I try to install Vista again the installation screen only gives the 500gb option. Any suggestions on how to get Vista from one drive to the other would be hugely appreciated, answers for the technically challenged please. Cheers! |
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Where's my HD?!
Hi Kerry,
Both are SATA drives (both WD xxxx AAKS) Have just tried setting the 320gb to 1st boot (ch 0, master) and the 500gb to 2nd (ch 1, slave) in the BIOS hard drive boot priority then booting from the DVD to try and reinstall, choose custom install (upgrade option is disabled) but i get the same problem - only the 500gb is seen. The highlighted options at the bottom of the page are 'Refresh' 'Delete' 'Format' 'Load Driver' the options 'New' and 'Extend' are not highlighted. I've also tried the upgrade installation from within Windows but that doesn't even give me a choice of drives/partitions, just goes straight on with upgrading files so i stopped that. The 320gb drive is formatted and assigned drive letter 'D' and seems to be working fine (I copied a music file to it, played and then deleted it) It just seems invisible on installation startup and although things seem to work OK as they are I would really like this sorted as i would like to RAID 5 the 500gb drive later. HELP! and Thankyou "Kerry Brown" wrote: Are both drives the same type e.g SATA or PATA? It sounds like the 320 GB is on a different controller that needs a driver. -- Kerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User http://www.vistahelp.ca "CharlieHelen" wrote in message ... Hi, just finished building my first computer and all OK 'til installing Vista Premium 64 - On the installation screen it sees the 500gb drive I want for storage but not the 320gb one I want for the OS (both brand new, same model just different capacity so same driver, both recognised in the BIOS) Have installed Vista on the 500gb drive in order to get online help and vista now sees the 320gb drive (it also formatted it) However, when I try to install Vista again the installation screen only gives the 500gb option. Any suggestions on how to get Vista from one drive to the other would be hugely appreciated, answers for the technically challenged please. Cheers! |
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Where's my HD?!
Are you using one of the "Tweak" programs, and is it hiding your D: Drive?
"CharlieHelen" wrote in message ... Hi Kerry, Both are SATA drives (both WD xxxx AAKS) Have just tried setting the 320gb to 1st boot (ch 0, master) and the 500gb to 2nd (ch 1, slave) in the BIOS hard drive boot priority then booting from the DVD to try and reinstall, choose custom install (upgrade option is disabled) but i get the same problem - only the 500gb is seen. The highlighted options at the bottom of the page are 'Refresh' 'Delete' 'Format' 'Load Driver' the options 'New' and 'Extend' are not highlighted. I've also tried the upgrade installation from within Windows but that doesn't even give me a choice of drives/partitions, just goes straight on with upgrading files so i stopped that. The 320gb drive is formatted and assigned drive letter 'D' and seems to be working fine (I copied a music file to it, played and then deleted it) It just seems invisible on installation startup and although things seem to work OK as they are I would really like this sorted as i would like to RAID 5 the 500gb drive later. HELP! and Thankyou "Kerry Brown" wrote: Are both drives the same type e.g SATA or PATA? It sounds like the 320 GB is on a different controller that needs a driver. -- Kerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User http://www.vistahelp.ca "CharlieHelen" wrote in message ... Hi, just finished building my first computer and all OK 'til installing Vista Premium 64 - On the installation screen it sees the 500gb drive I want for storage but not the 320gb one I want for the OS (both brand new, same model just different capacity so same driver, both recognised in the BIOS) Have installed Vista on the 500gb drive in order to get online help and vista now sees the 320gb drive (it also formatted it) However, when I try to install Vista again the installation screen only gives the 500gb option. Any suggestions on how to get Vista from one drive to the other would be hugely appreciated, answers for the technically challenged please. Cheers! |
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Where's my HD?!
Don't think so, not even sure what a "Tweak" program is! All I have on my
machine is Vista 64, Norton security and the various drivers for GPU, monitor etc. Was hoping to sort this before I put anything on as i'll have to uninstall everything at some stage to change the drive the OS is on Anyone else? "Wandering" wrote: Are you using one of the "Tweak" programs, and is it hiding your D: Drive? "CharlieHelen" wrote in message ... Hi Kerry, Both are SATA drives (both WD xxxx AAKS) Have just tried setting the 320gb to 1st boot (ch 0, master) and the 500gb to 2nd (ch 1, slave) in the BIOS hard drive boot priority then booting from the DVD to try and reinstall, choose custom install (upgrade option is disabled) but i get the same problem - only the 500gb is seen. The highlighted options at the bottom of the page are 'Refresh' 'Delete' 'Format' 'Load Driver' the options 'New' and 'Extend' are not highlighted. I've also tried the upgrade installation from within Windows but that doesn't even give me a choice of drives/partitions, just goes straight on with upgrading files so i stopped that. The 320gb drive is formatted and assigned drive letter 'D' and seems to be working fine (I copied a music file to it, played and then deleted it) It just seems invisible on installation startup and although things seem to work OK as they are I would really like this sorted as i would like to RAID 5 the 500gb drive later. HELP! and Thankyou "Kerry Brown" wrote: Are both drives the same type e.g SATA or PATA? It sounds like the 320 GB is on a different controller that needs a driver. -- Kerry Brown Microsoft MVP - Shell/User http://www.vistahelp.ca "CharlieHelen" wrote in message ... Hi, just finished building my first computer and all OK 'til installing Vista Premium 64 - On the installation screen it sees the 500gb drive I want for storage but not the 320gb one I want for the OS (both brand new, same model just different capacity so same driver, both recognised in the BIOS) Have installed Vista on the 500gb drive in order to get online help and vista now sees the 320gb drive (it also formatted it) However, when I try to install Vista again the installation screen only gives the 500gb option. Any suggestions on how to get Vista from one drive to the other would be hugely appreciated, answers for the technically challenged please. Cheers! |
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