[H] Win7 Install on Intel SSD
I can't seem to get Win7 Pro to install on the Intel SSD. After Setup loads, it pretends it can't see the SSD. I know the SSD is working because when I boot off the HD (which is currently unplugged) and can use the SSD as drive E:. I have copied files to it and whatnot. The computer BIOS sees the drive as well as the DVD I'm using to install Win7. Any ideas? I'm mainly just testing a fresh install onto the SSD before I move it to my main system (home).
Re: [H] Win7 Install on Intel SSD
Just finished a Win7 Pro install on an Intel 160 gig SSD, created a boot cd to update the firmware before doing anything and all worked smooth. The only bad part is now I know how slow the DVD drive is for installs since once it got to the part limited by the drive speed it was only a few secs if that. Eli On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Anthony Q. Martin amar...@charter.net wrote: I can't seem to get Win7 Pro to install on the Intel SSD. After Setup loads, it pretends it can't see the SSD. I know the SSD is working because when I boot off the HD (which is currently unplugged) and can use the SSD as drive E:. I have copied files to it and whatnot. The computer BIOS sees the drive as well as the DVD I'm using to install Win7. Any ideas? I'm mainly just testing a fresh install onto the SSD before I move it to my main system (home).
Re: [H] Win7 Install on Intel SSD
I have 7 installed on a OCZ Core with no problems and nothing done out of the ordinary :/ Maybe try a Linux install, see if that installs ok and then trouble shoot from there. Julian On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 4:32 PM, Eli Allen ealle...@gmail.com wrote: Just finished a Win7 Pro install on an Intel 160 gig SSD, created a boot cd to update the firmware before doing anything and all worked smooth. The only bad part is now I know how slow the DVD drive is for installs since once it got to the part limited by the drive speed it was only a few secs if that. Eli On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Anthony Q. Martin amar...@charter.net wrote: I can't seem to get Win7 Pro to install on the Intel SSD. After Setup loads, it pretends it can't see the SSD. I know the SSD is working because when I boot off the HD (which is currently unplugged) and can use the SSD as drive E:. I have copied files to it and whatnot. The computer BIOS sees the drive as well as the DVD I'm using to install Win7. Any ideas? I'm mainly just testing a fresh install onto the SSD before I move it to my main system (home).
Re: [H] Win7 Install on Intel SSD
Wow, new one on me.. Intel does say in the firmware upgrade program that some SATA port configurations don't let the SW see the drive... This tool will only function correctly with the BIOS SATA ports configured to Legacy / Compatibility mode, or AHCI mode. Some BIOS configurations support SATA port modes such as IRRT, RAID, and Native + IDE mode, which are not supported by this utility. -- JRS stei...@pacbell.net Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. - Original Message From: Anthony Q. Martin amar...@charter.net To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wed, December 30, 2009 12:30:38 PM Subject: [H] Win7 Install on Intel SSD I can't seem to get Win7 Pro to install on the Intel SSD. After Setup loads, it pretends it can't see the SSD. I know the SSD is working because when I boot off the HD (which is currently unplugged) and can use the SSD as drive E:. I have copied files to it and whatnot. The computer BIOS sees the drive as well as the DVD I'm using to install Win7. Any ideas? I'm mainly just testing a fresh install onto the SSD before I move it to my main system (home).
Re: [H] Win7 Install on Intel SSD
I hadn't install the firmware update as the date on the SSD is October. However, I see they do have an update since then which I have just installed. Now to remove the HD and reboot from CD to see if Setup will see the SSD now. Eli Allen wrote: Just finished a Win7 Pro install on an Intel 160 gig SSD, created a boot cd to update the firmware before doing anything and all worked smooth. The only bad part is now I know how slow the DVD drive is for installs since once it got to the part limited by the drive speed it was only a few secs if that. Eli On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Anthony Q. Martin amar...@charter.net wrote: I can't seem to get Win7 Pro to install on the Intel SSD. After Setup loads, it pretends it can't see the SSD. I know the SSD is working because when I boot off the HD (which is currently unplugged) and can use the SSD as drive E:. I have copied files to it and whatnot. The computer BIOS sees the drive as well as the DVD I'm using to install Win7. Any ideas? I'm mainly just testing a fresh install onto the SSD before I move it to my main system (home).
Re: [H] Win7 Install on Intel SSD
Well, the fireware upgrade worked fine. And I can see the SSD in the bios, and in Windows 7 when booted from the HD. JRS wrote: Wow, new one on me.. Intel does say in the firmware upgrade program that some SATA port configurations don't let the SW see the drive... This tool will only function correctly with the BIOS SATA ports configured to Legacy / Compatibility mode, or AHCI mode. Some BIOS configurations support SATA port modes such as IRRT, RAID, and Native + IDE mode, which are not supported by this utility.
Re: [H] Win7 Install on Intel SSD
Well, the firmware update didn't help matters. Setup refuses the see the SSD...what b*tch. Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I hadn't install the firmware update as the date on the SSD is October. However, I see they do have an update since then which I have just installed. Now to remove the HD and reboot from CD to see if Setup will see the SSD now. Eli Allen wrote: Just finished a Win7 Pro install on an Intel 160 gig SSD, created a boot cd to update the firmware before doing anything and all worked smooth. The only bad part is now I know how slow the DVD drive is for installs since once it got to the part limited by the drive speed it was only a few secs if that. Eli On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Anthony Q. Martin amar...@charter.net wrote: I can't seem to get Win7 Pro to install on the Intel SSD. After Setup loads, it pretends it can't see the SSD. I know the SSD is working because when I boot off the HD (which is currently unplugged) and can use the SSD as drive E:. I have copied files to it and whatnot. The computer BIOS sees the drive as well as the DVD I'm using to install Win7. Any ideas? I'm mainly just testing a fresh install onto the SSD before I move it to my main system (home).
Re: [H] Win7 Install on Intel SSD
nVidia chipset by any chance? They mention issues with certain of those as well.. -- JRS stei...@pacbell.net Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. - Original Message From: Anthony Q. Martin amar...@charter.net To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wed, December 30, 2009 1:54:44 PM Subject: Re: [H] Win7 Install on Intel SSD Well, the firmware update didn't help matters. Setup refuses the see the SSD...what b*tch. Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I hadn't install the firmware update as the date on the SSD is October. However, I see they do have an update since then which I have just installed. Now to remove the HD and reboot from CD to see if Setup will see the SSD now. Eli Allen wrote: Just finished a Win7 Pro install on an Intel 160 gig SSD, created a boot cd to update the firmware before doing anything and all worked smooth. The only bad part is now I know how slow the DVD drive is for installs since once it got to the part limited by the drive speed it was only a few secs if that. Eli On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I can't seem to get Win7 Pro to install on the Intel SSD. After Setup loads, it pretends it can't see the SSD. I know the SSD is working because when I boot off the HD (which is currently unplugged) and can use the SSD as drive E:. I have copied files to it and whatnot. The computer BIOS sees the drive as well as the DVD I'm using to install Win7. Any ideas? I'm mainly just testing a fresh install onto the SSD before I move it to my main system (home).
Re: [H] Win7 Install on Intel SSD
No, don't think so. Vidcard is a ATI Radeon and the no/so bridges are AMD. I guess I should flash the mobo bios, though. Doing that now. JRS wrote: nVidia chipset by any chance? They mention issues with certain of those as well.. -- JRS stei...@pacbell.net Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. - Original Message From: Anthony Q. Martin amar...@charter.net To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wed, December 30, 2009 1:54:44 PM Subject: Re: [H] Win7 Install on Intel SSD Well, the firmware update didn't help matters. Setup refuses the see the SSD...what b*tch. Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I hadn't install the firmware update as the date on the SSD is October. However, I see they do have an update since then which I have just installed. Now to remove the HD and reboot from CD to see if Setup will see the SSD now. Eli Allen wrote: Just finished a Win7 Pro install on an Intel 160 gig SSD, created a boot cd to update the firmware before doing anything and all worked smooth. The only bad part is now I know how slow the DVD drive is for installs since once it got to the part limited by the drive speed it was only a few secs if that. Eli On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 3:30 PM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I can't seem to get Win7 Pro to install on the Intel SSD. After Setup loads, it pretends it can't see the SSD. I know the SSD is working because when I boot off the HD (which is currently unplugged) and can use the SSD as drive E:. I have copied files to it and whatnot. The computer BIOS sees the drive as well as the DVD I'm using to install Win7. Any ideas? I'm mainly just testing a fresh install onto the SSD before I move it to my main system (home).
Re: [H] Win7 Install on Intel SSD
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 stei...@pacbell.net Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored.
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 runthe 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 stei...@pacbell.net Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored.
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: DudeBingo! 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 stei...@pacbell.net Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored. - Original Message From: Anthony Q. Martin amar...@charter.net To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com 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 runthe 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 stei...@pacbell.net Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored.
