Help Installing Windows Vista OS

[wmorris]

Well, so far the build is loading and working!

Anyways, I am now trying to install the OS and it is asking where I want to install Windows. There are no options for me to select from the list of drives. It does however give me the option to load a device driver.

Question is, is it not detecting my harddrive or something? Is this device driver the CD that came with my motherboard? I am kinda of confused, and I dont want to eject the install OS disk to put in the mobo disk if thats not right, then screw up the install. How do I fix this?

Thanks!

[shadowpr]

Specs? Make and model of all parts.

Is the hard drive recognized in bios?

[wmorris]

Wow, sorry, cant believe I forgot to add that in...
and the hard drive is detected in BIOS... at least I think. When in BIOS, it said that in SATA it had listed 1 device. However, it listed SATA 1-6. There are 6 regular ones and 2 meant for the HD. Now I am thinking I screwed up and just assumed that the harddrive was detected. How do I go back and check? I never received a message saying harddrive not detected or anything.

LG 20X DVD±R DVD Burner w/ SecurDisc Tech Black SATA Model GH20NS15 - OEM
Item #: N82E16827136149

COOLER MASTER Centurion 5 CAC-T05-UB Black /Blue Aluminum Bezel , SECC Chassis ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

Western Digital Caviar Black WD6401AALS 640GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Item #: N82E16822136319


Acer X223Wbd Black 22" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor - Retail
Item #: N82E16824009145

EVGA 896-P3-1258-A1 GeForce GTX 260 896MB 448-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card - Retail
Item #: N82E16814130443

CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W ATX12V / EPS12V SLI Ready CrossFire Ready 80 PLUS Certified Active PFC Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply - Retail
Item #: N82E16817139006

G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL5D-4GBPQ - Retail
Item #: N82E16820231122

ASUS P5Q LGA 775 Intel P45 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Item #: N82E16813131295


Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600 - Retail
Item #: N82E16819115017

[shadowpr]

Restart the computer, and try pressing del when it starts to enter bios.

Make sure it recognizes the hard drive.

Also, is it listed as ide, achi, or raid?

[wmorris]

Thanks for your assistance, but I figured it out! Turns out the hard drive was NOT being detected, and I did actually get a msg saying so, it just popped by too quick for me to see the first time. Easy fix though - I had the SATA cable in the wrong port!

Thanks again!

[shadowpr]

Glad you got it working.