Thanks Tim - what's the easiest way to do this? Would Spinrite detect this sort of problem?
--------------------------- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Dec 1, 2009 at 10:50 AM, Tim Lider <timli...@adv-data.com> wrote: > Hello Brian, > > You might want to check to see if there is no bad sectors between LBA 0 and > 2048 on the drive. If the computer can detect the hard drive, but the OS > install cannot this is usually what he problem is. > > Regards > > Tim Lider > Sr. Data Recovery Specialist > Advanced Data Solutions, LLC > http://www.adv-data.com > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- > > boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden > > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 6:31 AM > > To: hwg > > Subject: [H] Win 7 setup not recognizing drives > > > > I've got several 250 GB Seagate drives that used to be in my HTPC RAID. > > They've been replaced by 1 TB drives so now I'm looking to use them > > elsewhere. > > > > I am trying to install Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit which I just purchased > > on > > one of those drives. The drive detects perfectly fine in BIOS, has no > > problems, but the Win 7 setup will not find it or show it as an option > > to > > install to. If I put another drive on that same exact connector/cable, > > it > > detects it. > > > > Is there something that the RAID adapter/software could have changed on > > the > > drive to cause this? When I migrated to the new RAID, I copied all the > > data > > from the old RAID to the new one which was running on a new controller. > > I > > then just disconnected all the old 250 GB drives and put them in > > storage. > > > > --------------------------- > > Brian Weeden > > Technical Advisor > > Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundation.org> > > +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada > > +1 (202) 683-8534 US > > >
