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| Thread ID: 111843 | 2010-08-14 02:20:00 | Windows 7 clean install issues | birtz (15936) | Press F1 |
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| 1127484 | 2010-08-14 02:20:00 | I've just built my first gaming rig but am haveing some problems getting windows installed.namely it wont recognize my ssd and also gives me the 'windows cannot locate or create a system partition' on the hdd it does see.im at least 99% sure everything is installed correctly.all in correct boot order and ive updated the bios.anyone know whats going on?system specs are motherboard: Gigabyte GA-890FXA-UD5 cpu: AMD Phenom II X4 965 BE 3.4GHz 125W ram: Kingston HyperX Blu DDR3 1333MHz CL7 4GB psu: Antec TruePower New Series 750W sdd: Kingston SSDNow V Series SNV125-S2 30GB hdd: Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 64MB 1TB pci-e: gigabyte radeon hd5870 1gb dvd: Lite-On iHAS324 Cheers heaps |
birtz (15936) | ||
| 1127485 | 2010-08-14 02:31:00 | You may have to unplug the WD hdd if you want to install windows on the SSD As it says here social.answers.microsoft.com The fix is to make sure you disconnect your other HD. That exact issue occurred to me as well, AFTER I formatted the primary HD and so would've been screwed. I also had an extra internal HD as backup and once I disconnected it the install went through cleanly. I googled this and lots of people have had this same problem when there's more than one HD connected. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1127486 | 2010-08-14 02:40:00 | Ifi unplug the wd it just doesn't see anything. | birtz (15936) | ||
| 1127487 | 2010-08-14 02:51:00 | This sounds similar to your SSD. Does the BIOS detect it? social.technet.microsoft.com |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1127488 | 2010-08-14 04:28:00 | In the BIOS - You need to change SATA Configuration-> Enhanced, Configure SATA as--> IDE to... Configure--> AHCI. | pctek (84) | ||
| 1127489 | 2010-08-15 03:51:00 | yep the bios picks everything up fine. if i change it to ahci i get a "bootmgr is missing" error instead, cheers. |
birtz (15936) | ||
| 1127490 | 2010-08-15 03:59:00 | Hmm meaning AHCI should have been enabled before you installed Windows 7 Cant think of anything else you could try. Unless you start all over again, to see if it'll work (with AHCI enabled) |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 1127491 | 2010-08-15 04:14:00 | i haven't installed windows yet, only tryed to heaps. if i reset the motherboard could that allow me to enable achi? | birtz (15936) | ||
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