"thenotsothinman" <thenotsothinman.3olond@DoNotSpam.com> wrote in message
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> My Vista PC crashed and I had to format my hard drive. Now I can't get
> Vista install to see the hd. It shows up in the bios. It also works
> for storage if I use it as a secondary drive with both Vista or XP
> installed on a master drive. Also I was able to get XP SP3 installed on
> the drive. The hd is an SATA.
Of course it is.
Go back into the BIOS and shift the drive controller to legacy, or IDE
mode. Save, restart, and retry the install, and the drive should be
detected.
Once Vista is installed, go to Device Manager and install the AHCI drivers
for the drive controller. Once that's done, power off, go back to the
BIOS, and shift the controller back to Native mode. Save, restart, and the
drivers should be properly installed.
HTH
-pk
> I have tried getting the updated drives
> for hd and the motherboard but I really don't know what I should be
> looking for. My goal is to dual boot with Vista on the hd in question
> witch is 250GB and XP on my other 30GB drive so I can use my camcorder
> that is not compatible with Vista but that is a secondary concern. I
> would just like to get vista to install on the 250GB hd if anyone can
> help me.
>
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