Nice troubleshooting thread guys; going to keep this handy for when I
install Win7 on my soon to be acquired (prob X-25M) SSD! ;)
BINO
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Anthony Q. Martin
Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2009 3:37 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [H] Win7 Install on Intel SSD
Win7 is now installing on the SSD. Somehow, I must have done something
weird with the partition I had established on this disk.
YAY.
Thanks, JRS and everyone.
Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
> Dude....Bingo! After reading your message, I simply deleted the SSD
> partition while in Win 7 (booting off the HDD). Then I booted install
> of the CD and setup now sees all the drives. Now I'm going to power
> down and remove the HDD and try this again.
>
> Thanks!
>
> JRS wrote:
>> I had this kind of thing happen only once, on a drive I had been
>> using for various things, including dual booting to Windows and
>> LInux.. I wanted to install Win7 RC on it, but it would not.
>>
>> I booted to a WinPE CD and deleted the partition on the misbehaving
>> drive and then Win7 RC could see it... I don't remember If I
>> re-formatted it as well, or just deleted the partition....
>>
>> .
>>
>> -- JRS [email protected]
>>
>>
>> Facts do not cease to exist just
>> because they are ignored.
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>>
>>> From: Anthony Q. Martin <[email protected]>
>>> To: [email protected]
>>> Sent: Wed, December 30, 2009 2:36:17 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [H] Win7 Install on Intel SSD
>>>
>>> Thanks for looking.
>>>
>>> What is being suggested is exactly what I was doing. I had only the
>>> SSD and the CD rom drive in the system. The HDD was completely
>>> unplugged.
>>>
>>> By the way, I used the easeus program that was pointed out here. It
>>> created a boot CD and it was able to see both the SSD and the HDD in
>>> the system.
>>>
>>> This is strange. Win7 must be at fault.
>>>
>>> I'm doing all of this as a test run....the SSD will not live in the
>>> system I'm doing this on right ...but this doesn't bode well...
>>>
>>> JRS wrote:
>>>
>>>> Found this in another forum..
>>>>
>>>> I had an identical problem where the BIOS could see my SSD (Kingston
>>>> v-series 128GB), and when I booted into windows I could see it and
>>>> format it and assign a drive letter. But Windows 7 install COULD NOT
>>>> see the SSD, and Acronis True Image could not see the SSD to clone my
>>>> old system disk to it. Very frustrating and it took me 2 days to
>>>> work it out. I tried
>>>> EVERYTHING and didn't really find an answer on ANY forum. But the
>>>> solution was simple... Physically remove connections to ALL disks
>>>> on your computer EXCEPT
>>>> your SSD so it's the only disk connected. Then Windows install WILL
>>>> see
>>>> the SSD and you can install Windows 7 to it (and I assume Vista).
>>>> -- JRS [email protected]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Facts do not cease to exist just
>>>> because they are ignored.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>
>>
>>
>
