Need help with win 7 installation

[FinestRyeBread]

My build:

Amd fx 8350

Cooler master 240m closed loop water cooler

Gtx 970

Asus 990fx r2.0 mobo

2x8 g skill rip jaws ram

750w full modular psu (forgot name)

3tb wd black(?) HDD

256gb adata ssd

1tb seagate HDD

Win 7 home prem 64 bit

When I try to install win 7 from my USB (used wintoflash) it works up to the point of selecting which drive I want to put windows 7 on. But it doesn't recognize my drives?

[FinestRyeBread]

PS: I had win 7 home prem on the 1tb hdd

[dragoon20005]

so i am guessing you are trying to install the OS into the SSD

 

did you unplug the other drives before you proceed to install the OS?

[FinestRyeBread]

Yes I'm trying to install win 7 to ssd and unplugged the 1tb HDD but it didn't recognize the 3tb HDD and the ssd

[vembutech]

Hi,

 

Do this following steps;

 

1. Connect the USB when laptop is OFF

Start up the laptop and check whether it is detected in the BIOS setup
If YES update windows.

2. Try to format it on other computer and then connect it to your laptop

3. Try and check if other USB work on your laptop.

[FinestRyeBread]

Everything is detected in BIOS and the USB works on other computers and it was already formatted before then I put win 7 on it via WinToFlash

[Robin88]

What USB port are you using? Use a USB2 port instead of USB3, Windows has weird issues with being installed from USB3, and make sure you're using the AMD SATA ports instead of ones added in by Asus, check your motherboard manual for which ports are which, and finally make sure you're using AHCI instead of RAID for the SATA ports, otherwise you'll need the preinstall drivers from Asus' website.

[FinestRyeBread]

Where to go to check if AHCI instead or RAID?

[FinestRyeBread]

Using a USB 2 port for my USB

[FinestRyeBread]

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This is what I sometimes get but it won't allow me to install windows on the 1tb HDD and it doesn't recognize the ssd and the 3tb HDD but it does in BIOS

[Robin88]

Go into you BIOS and choose "Advanced Mode"
Next, go to "SATA Configuration"
Next, check that all your drives are detected and enabled in this menu, if they are, then go to "SB SATA Configuration" and make sure that all the ports are set to AHCI, then finally, go to the Exit menu and select "Save Configuration & Exit"

Also, make sure you're using the correct SATA ports (they should be the brown SATA ports, not the grey ports)

[FinestRyeBread]

They're all connected to sata6g_12,34,56 (brown ports) and they're in AHCI and it only recognizes the 1tb HDD so I'm installing win 7 on there for now

[Robin88]

That is very strange, if they're definitely recognised in the BIOS then I have no idea what is going on with Windows, if they're recognised when you're in Windows proper then I'm even more confused.
If they aren't recognised in Windows proper though then you've most likely got dud drives and you'll need to RMA them, but usually if they are dud they won't be recognised by the BIOS either, so I don't know what's up with that.

Let us know what happens once you've got Windows installed, cause it's gonna bug me otherwise
I'd love to work on the rig myself and spend a full day looking at it, cause that's gonna drive me nuts

[FinestRyeBread]

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I had to format the ssd but it doesn't recognize the 3tb HDD but it did in bios

[kameshss]

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I had to format the ssd but it doesn't recognize the 3tb HDD but it did in bios

Go to Disk Management and see if that shows the drive.

Right click on Computer --> Manage --> Disk Management and check

[FinestRyeBread]

Also how do I boot straight to the HDD because everytime I start up the computer, it makes me go to bios