Thread: Help! new w7 install on new hd

Originally Posted by jx2mad

In the bios there is a listing called sata raid and this is selected but there is no individual choice. Jim

Jim, if you go to that SATA RAID option, what are the individual choices there?

Setting the BIOS to fail safe is normally around performance options, such as over clocking the CPU or memory.

The only sata raid option is a joint one. I cannot differentiate

From my own experiance with old boards. If the board was made before windows seven or vista the bios may need to be flashed to a later version for it to accept the later operating systems. If you board has Via chipsets it could be a problem as well as Via chip sets are not on later boards as they are not made any more. ( Pretty sure ). So windows seven does not have VIa chip set drivers preloaded. I recently had to ditch a motherboard for this reason. So if your board is a old one from the days of XP then it will be most likely time to go the whole hog and get another board. But that could aslo be a whole lot of other bits as well.
Cheers Hall

Thank all. I think it is time to pension it off. I have bought a replacement anyway. Hoping I could resurrect this as a spare. Jim

Stick an ide hdd it and install winblows, once installed add the sata hdd and then use updates to load the drivers. Download a cloning program from the hdd manufacturer website ( Seagate disward/seatools or WD equivalent ) then set the sata hdd as your primary boot drive.
Let it reboot and do its stuff and bobs your drag queen aunty.

Thanks I will give that a try. Or go and buy a new ide drive from the computer market. Jim

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Stick an ide hdd it and install winblows, once installed add the sata hdd and then use updates to load the drivers. Download a cloning program from the hdd manufacturer website ( Seagate disward/seatools or WD equivalent ) then set the sata hdd as your primary boot drive.
Let it reboot and do its stuff and bobs your drag queen aunty.

lol, overkill

So you had windows seven on the old dead hard drive or are you upgrading ?
Cheers Hall