Vista install can't see SATA hard drive

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?

"Jay" <Jay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>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.

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:

> "Jay" <Jay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C3113AAC-9DCF-46F0-9B6B-07C5292608EF@microsoft.com...
> >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.
>

"Jay" <Jay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>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:
>
>> "Jay" <Jay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C3113AAC-9DCF-46F0-9B6B-07C5292608EF@microsoft.com...
>> >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.
>>


No need. You should have gotten a copy of Disktools from Seagate. If not
you can download it free. It runs standalone. It should find your drive
and it format it where it is. Very simple and fundamental. Disktools
doesn't care if it's OEM or where it is.

--
BobF.

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@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:C3113AAC-9DCF-46F0-9B6B-07C5292608EF@microsoft.com...
>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?
>
>

I forgot to mention below that the BIOS sees the drive.

Anyways, I go through the Vista installation, and then select install
driver. I install the driver and it still doesn't see the drive.

"John Barnes" wrote:

> 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@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:C3113AAC-9DCF-46F0-9B6B-07C5292608EF@microsoft.com...
> >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?
> >
> >
>
>

On your MOBO driver cd, there is usually a program called something like
'make driver disk'. You need to run that and put the drivers on a USB drive
or floppy. That would be what you would browse to when you are asked to
install the drivers. You do not just put a cd in the drive and expect that
it will give you the drivers.

"Jay" <Jay@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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>I forgot to mention below that the BIOS sees the drive.
>
> Anyways, I go through the Vista installation, and then select install
> driver. I install the driver and it still doesn't see the drive.
>
> "John Barnes" wrote:
>
>> 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@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:C3113AAC-9DCF-46F0-9B6B-07C5292608EF@microsoft.com...
>> >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?
>> >
>> >
>>
>>

Hi Bob,

Which disk tools are you using? The Enterprise one which is called:
SeaTools_Enterprise_Install.exe or SeaToolsDOS207EURO.iso that works with
cd.

Thanks,

Joe

> No need. You should have gotten a copy of Disktools from Seagate. If not
> you can download it free. It runs standalone. It should find your drive
> and it format it where it is. Very simple and fundamental. Disktools
> doesn't care if it's OEM or where it is.

I used various versions over the years. The Disk I just received with the
500GB drive I just added was called " Disk Utility CD" and has: Seatools
Online, Disk Wizard and a Users Manual included. You can download the same
software from the site which I've also done in the past.
--
BobF.

"JoeP" <NoSpam@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Bob,
>
> Which disk tools are you using? The Enterprise one which is called:
> SeaTools_Enterprise_Install.exe or SeaToolsDOS207EURO.iso that works with
> cd.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
>> No need. You should have gotten a copy of Disktools from Seagate. If
>> not you can download it free. It runs standalone. It should find your
>> drive and it format it where it is. Very simple and fundamental.
>> Disktools doesn't care if it's OEM or where it is.
>
>
>