What should I do if I can't find the hard drive when I install Win7?

When installing Win7, I can't find the hard drive. What should I do?

Windows 7 installation issues: Hard drive not found

When installing Windows 7, one of the following error messages may appear:

•No drives were found. Click Load Driver to provide a mass storage driver for installation.

•The Windows Installer cannot configure Windows to run on the hardware of this computer.

The following actions will help resolve this issue.

Update the storage controller driver during the installation of Windows 7. You may need to update your computer's storage controller driver. This driver controls the interaction of the hard drive with the rest of the computer. Here's how:

1. Check the documentation that came with your computer or go to the manufacturer's website to find out what type of storage controller your computer uses.

2. On another computer, go to the manufacturer's website and download the latest drivers to a USB flash drive or other removable media.

3. Start the Windows 7 installation again. On the Where do you want to install Windows? page, click Load Driver.

4. Insert the removable media containing the driver into your computer and click OK.

5. Select the driver from the results list and click Next. Follow the on-screen instructions to continue installing Windows 7.

Updating Drivers for Computer Chipsets In some environments, computers that use a specific type of chipset (part of the computer's internal hardware) and have an advanced format hard drive installed may receive these errors.

Installing the latest drivers from the chipset manufacturer or changing some of the storage device settings in your computer's BIOS can help resolve this issue.

Case Analysis: When reinstalling the system, you can't find the hard drive solution

Symptom: Install the system with the installed system. When the hardware is detected, enter the blue background installation interface. , prompted to find the hard drive, but can not install the system, but there is no problem with GHOST, all the way through.

Solution: This phenomenon is more common in laptops. The solution is also very simple: press F2 to enter the BIOS setting on the first screen (desktop press DELETE, IBM books press F1), then use the arrow keys to select Enter the config entry, then find the one with sata, change its value to "configuration", and finally F10, and Y, save and push, so you can recognize it.