Vista can see HD

[rickrh72]

Hi
I can't get Vista to see my Western Digital Caviar SE 16 500 Gb hard drive. I have set my boot device priority from floppy to CD 1 to CD 2, and tried them in all orders. I put the Vista disk in 1 the MOBO disk in 2 and the Hd drivers in floopy with the same thing happening. Window can't find the storage device drivers. I can see all of the optical and HD in the bios post and in the bios set up. I even put the mobo drivers on floppy and this didn't work. Just to see if things were working I unplugged the sata cable on the HD and then couldn't find it in bios. When I put the mobo disk in the CD drive it goes to Express Recovery, with the HD unplugged it shows that there is no HD detectible, but with the HD plugged in it detects the HD. I have tried setting the bios differently but nothing I have done gets Vista to see the HD. Gigabyte GA-965p-DQ6 Rev. 3.3 Mobo. I have tried sugestion fro some forum members and these didn't change any thing. Is there any way I can bypass this step in loading Vista? Also is there any way I can slow down the bios boot pages that flash on the screen when starting up? Thanks for your help and input. Have Fun, Rick

 

[mzkhadir]

is the drive sata ?

If the answer to your questions is yes.

Then you need to load the drivers for the controller on the motherboard.

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: mzkhadir
is the drive sata ?

If the answer to your questions is yes.

Then you need to load the drivers for the controller on the motherboard.

That doesn't really apply anymore..that was mainly when SATA first came out, the sata controller is native to the motherboard, rather than an add on chip.

Is the SATA set to IDE mode in the bios? If it's set to raid mode or ACPI(or something like that) mode, it could cause that problem. Unless you are running raid, you don't need the floppy drivers, in fact loading them could even keep vista from seeing your drive. If you have more than 1 optical drive, disconnect one of them until after you install the OS

 

[rickrh72]

I cleared the C Mos and set the sata to the IDE mode. set every thing elts to defalt. Every thing loads up until Vista asks where I want to install windows, and then it says NO DRIVERS WERE FOUND. Click driver to provide a mass storage driver for installation. Then every thing stops. The HD info says it is Vista ready. I went into the WD web site and can't find driver for the Caviar RE2 but can find them for SE version. I have downloaded an up grade to the firmware for the HD but don't know if i need them if I am not in a raid setup. Any sugestions? Im out of Ideas. Thanks for your help. Have fun, Rick

 

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: rickrh72
I cleared the C Mos and set the sata to the IDE mode. set every thing elts to defalt. Every thing loads up until Vista asks where I want to install windows, and then it says NO DRIVERS WERE FOUND. Click driver to provide a mass storage driver for installation. Then every thing stops. The HD info says it is Vista ready. I went into the WD web site and can't find driver for the Caviar RE2 but can find them for SE version. I have downloaded an up grade to the firmware for the HD but don't know if i need them if I am not in a raid setup. Any sugestions? Im out of Ideas. Thanks for your help. Have fun, Rick

There shouldn't be any drivers for the hard drive itself, only the controller. Very odd that it's not finding drivers. Have you tried a differant SATA port, to verify you are using one thats on the native sata controller? Vista didn't have any trouble finding the drives on any of my motherboards, both Intel and Nvidia chipsets

 

[rickrh72]

If you are familar with the gigabyte Ga-965-DQ6 mobo, it has 6 SATA ports controled by ICH8R and 2 controled by Gigabyte SATA2. If I plug in the HD in the group of 6 it shows up in the post by its self. If I plug in the 2 optical drives in the same set they show up with the HD. If I plug the opticaldrives in the SATA2 ports they show up there in the post. If I conect the HD to the SATTA 2 it shows up there. So i think the mobo can see the HD. Why is windows calling for drivers and what drivers? I have downloaded drivers or the firmware of the HD the mobo sata drivers and can't get them to load with windows. Any sugestions? thanks for your help have fun, Rick