No Drives Were Found. When Install Vista
Feb 18, 2009
I'm building my first computer, and I'm getting very frustrated. When I try to install Vista it stops at a screen saying there is no drive to install on. I have gone through all the forums and google searches I can muster. I don't believe it to be a BIOS problem, because I've gone through each of the settings and did a process of elimination on all of them. It's not a jumper problem. what else can it be? Do I need a driver? If so can anyone point me in the right direction?
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Mar 26, 2008
When I get to the part of vista installation where it asks which hard drive I would like to install to it says there are no hard drives found. I have checked multiple times that the hard drive is hooked up correctly, but they are still not found. My hard drive is a Western Digital SATA SE Caviar 500GB. Also, I have looked for SATA drivers that came with my mobo (GIGABYTE GA-X38-DS4) but I don't see any that apply to what I need, as the only drivers that they appear to have are ones for AHCI/RAID configurations which I am not using.
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Mar 23, 2008
When I get to the part of vista installation where it asks which hard drive I would like to install to it says there are no hard drives found.I have checked multiple times that the hard drive is hooked up orrectly, but they are still not found.My hard drive is a Western Digital SATA SE Caviar 500GB.Also,I have looked for SATA drivers that came with my mobo (GIGABYTE GA-X38-DS4) but I don't see any that apply to what I need, as the only drivers that they appear to have are ones for AHCI/RAID configurations which I am not using.
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Aug 30, 2009
my sony laptop (vgn-fz70b) shutdown with no reason, all of a sudden when i try to restart i saw a blue screen of death and afterwards it shutdown and restart again.i try to press f8 to open in safe mode and to check what is the problem but unfortunately i cant access to safemode.i try to reinstall again the os but when i am in the part that choosing the drive i didnt see any drive. <no drives were found >and < click load driver to provide a mass storage driver for installation >.i stop downloading cause i cant see any harddisk on their.and i check bios setup..
boot priority order:
1:usb optical drive (*)
2:internal optical drive
3:floppy disk drive(*)
4:usb flash (*)
5:usb hard disk drive (*)
6:internal hard disk drive
7:network
there is no change values for all of these which supposed to be is to set them who is 1st,2nd,3rd. *-means this drive is available when external device boot is enable.
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Apr 4, 2009
Anyway after that happened it wouldn't start up, it just came up with a black screen saying:
Intel UNDI, PXE-2.1 (build 082)
copyright (c) 1997-2000 intel corporation
For Realtek RTL8139(X)/8130/810X PCI Fast Ethernet
Controller v2.20 (060711)
PXE-E61: Media test failure, check cable
PSE-MOF: Exiting PXE ROM.
Operating system not found. So then I inserted the Vista Operating Disk which brought me to a screen saying: Where do you wan to install Windows? Underneath there was a message saying: No drives were found. Click Load Driver to provide a mass storage driver for installation. After that point I could go no further after trying for hours. I also tried using the windows Xp disk which only brought me to a screen saying: Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. .............
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Apr 8, 2009
I have an old Dell Dimension 8250 test PC that I would like to install Vista onto. However, it has no DVD drives. I cannot even boot from external USB drives (3.5" disk drive, external HDDs, and DVD burner drive -- CMOS doesn't see them and found out PC doesn't support bootable USB devices). However, I do have enough HDD space (30 GB free on second partition) to copy Vista DVD (or make an ISO file) onto it through network (will take a while).
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Jan 31, 2009
Gateway tells me I need to do a Vista X64 clean re-install to possibly solve a severely underperforming CPU (I say its a dead Core).
My system has two SATA HD's with 640Gb. My partition is:
Drive C: 87 free/283Gb Windows on this drive
Drive D: 6/15Gb free Recovery files
Drive J: 255Gb free of 300Gb
I have a GATEWAY install DVD disk. Gateway Recovery does not go back far enough to solve dilemma.
My question is will the Clean install of Vista erase data on all drives or only C (& D) where Vista is stored?
Can I save data on J Drive, install and retrieve data from J?
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Mar 23, 2008
I have been loking but not finding instructions to install 32 and 64 bit Vista ( yes I have 2 seperate licensce -am not trying to cheat Microsoft). I had bought & installed 64 bit vista ultimate-however many devices and programs not compatible. So I bought the 32 bit version as well (i have an individual licensce for each version). SO in stalled the 32 bit version (wiped out the 64 as it interfered with the install). After a week of being on 32 bit, I find that I would also like to install the 64 bit version on a hard drive other thatn the 32 bit install.
I have scoured the Inet and MS sites but only see references to XP and Vista etc. Can anyone really help or point me to install instructions that will guide me on how to now install 64 bit vista so I can enjoy dual booting into either at BOOT? Please don't flame me for not being a genius...... but evrything I find is vague or does not adequately address the question.
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Mar 26, 2008
I have been loking but not finding instructions to install 32 and 64 bit Vista ( yes I have 2 seperate licensce -am not trying to cheat Microsoft). I had bought & installed 64 bit vista ultimate-however many devices and programs not compatible. So I bought the 32 bit version as well ( i have an individual licensce for each version). SO in stalled the 32 bit version (wiped out the 64 as it interfered with the install). After a week of being on 32 bit, I find that I would also like to install the 64 bit version on a hard drive other thatn the 32 bit install. I have scoured the Inet and MS sites but only see references to XP and Vista etc. how to now install 64 bit vista so I can enjoy dual booting into either at BOOT?
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Jun 19, 2008
There are many articles on how to dual boot Vista and XP, but I want to dual boot Vista and Vista, with an existing installation, on 2 Hard Drives. Currently I switch these in the BIOS, but I'd much rather chose at a later stage, can this be done? Why? Because I keep one of the drives for random software that I rarely use.
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Mar 23, 2008
i have problem when i try to install windows xp. i have laptop hp parvilion dx6650us entertainment notbook pc, vista install on it but i want to install windows xp. when windows xp boot i got this message. Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. Make sure any hard disk drives are powered on and properly connected to your computer, and that any disk-related hardware configuration is correct. This may involve running a manufacturer-supplied diagnostic or setup program. Setup cannot continue. To quit Setup, press F3. is there any solution so that i can install windows xp.
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May 27, 2008
I just installed Window's Vista Ultimate 64-bit on my new build. I have 3 arddrives installed (2 150gb and 1 640 gb). My BIOS reads all 3, but when vista is booted, I only have a C: drive available (one of my 150 gb). None of my drives are in a Raid array. how to get vista to recognize the other 2 drives?
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Mar 3, 2009
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May 12, 2008
What the difference between Win XP and Win Vista? whai the drives of xp don't work with Vista?
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Jan 29, 2009
This is an issue about VISTA going into "LIMBO" trying to reconnect to my mapped network drives, which I know I don't have access since I'm connected VPN... This issue isn`t isolated to VISTA. I`ve had this issue with all Windows OS, I just never found a solution.
The workstation is part of the network, we log into a DOMAIN (pretty standard...)
Often, when using certain VPNs, the "tunneling security" causes you to loose "Network Connections"... which is fine. I.e. If I have a mapped drive to a share on the network or If my default printer is a Network Printer, I cannot access it. You will get the "Could not reconnect to the network share, etc.etc. or printer is unavailable") Often, same goes for email with Outlook........
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Mar 23, 2008
Slow, cumbersome, unfriendly to other Windows OSes when networked,
unfriendly to MS powertoys, yet still elegent in in its GUI (when it
finally gets around to it) -- one might say, almost Macish.
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Jun 3, 2008
I have hard drives from both Win 98 SE and XP machines. I currently use a system with Vista 32. Is it possible to hook up these drives to my Vista machine and transfer the data to the Vista drive?
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Apr 27, 2008
I have an HP Color LaserJet connected as a network printer and it functions perfectly. My problem is that if I look at the Vista network map, the printer is nowhere to be found. I have talked with a few support techs at HP and they say it should show right up. In fact, HP's support totally sucks lately! why it is not there. It is not in the addtional devices section either.
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Jul 30, 2009
I just built a new computer and am trying to load and DVD OEM Vista ultimate x64 OS. I have 4 SATA hard disks and 1 SATA Sony bdu-x10s blu-ray drive. I have configured the 4 HDDs in Bios for RAID0. I also set BIOS to boot from the Sony drive only.
When I put the Vista disk in and power on the computer I notice that it loads the HDDs very quickly and sits on the Sony for a long time ~30 seconds. then it checks the disk and says no bootable media found. I observed that if I remove the disk and power on the computer the Sony drive loads just as quickly as the HDDs
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Feb 28, 2009
I have hp laptop with Vista Home Premium (OEM) installed. I've made Recovery Disks using the Recover Manager. I wish to have a clean install of Vista instead of using the Recovery Disks. I've read previous threads but I have to say I am only getting more confused.
- Can I perform clean install of my Vista OEM?
- Can I use any copy of Vista OEM cd and use the Product Key sticked behind my laptop?.........
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May 25, 2008
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Feb 24, 2009
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Dec 25, 2008
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Can I install Vista on the smaller drive, boot with that, and access files on the other drive? Would it work if there's another Vista running on the other drive? (both SATA).
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Mar 23, 2008
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Description:
Stopped working
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: shippingassistant.exe
Problem Signature 02: 3.3.21.0
Problem Signature 03: 48230c97
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