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Old 11-27-2006, 11:57 AM   #1
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Question system wont find hard drive to install windows

i have just finished buildin a new system and just installed the hard drive and it wont find it to install windows. the motherboard is a MSI K9VGM-V AM2 socket sata 2 interface and the hard drive is a sata 2 western digital 120gb hard drive can some body help please?
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Old 11-27-2006, 12:22 PM   #2
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Look in the BIOS for some option to enable SATA/can't tell you if there such a thing or not. Next,check in the mother board manual as to if you need to install SATA drivers.
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i carnt see anythin in the bios and ive looked in the motherboard manuel and it doesnt mention anythin about sata drivers. any idea what i need to do?
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Try clearing the CMOS, mobo manual should say how to do it.
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