cant in install w7 64bit on my 160gb wd newly rma hdd :(

[princeoo7]

friend i am unable to install w7 64 bits on my 160gb blue wd hdd like it gives error saying that selected hdd is o disk and cant be formated some thing some thing ......

but i am able to install it on my second 500gb green hdd..

i was planning to give 160 gb full as a os drive

what should i do ???

for now i have installed it on 500gb and rigth now the installion is on....

is their something wrong with my 160 gb hdd ?

 

[Neo-N]

It would be easier if you can provide the exact error you get.

Neway, does your bios detect the drive? And now that u have windows on the 500 gig drive, does the 160GB show up after windows is installed??

Try using a 3rd party software like Acronis Disk Director to format the 160GB using an Acronis boot disk and see if it works.

 

[nj_gamer]

I think, you haven't formatted your HDD after buying it... After poping the Windows 7 disc, you have the option to format during the installation menu... try that, works well..
Regards,
Nj

 

[princeoo7]

i can see the 160 gb hdd in w7 installtion and also in windows after nstalltion , in bios health is good and when i tried formating in w7 setup it said windows cant format the selected drive error 0x08..... is what i remember.

and error was related to 0 disk .

is it somethinG related to RAID OPTION IN BIOS ?

and what is the use to RAID option in bios ?

 

[hash]

Turn off RAID in BIOS.

 

[Porsche022]

Is it basic disc or dynamic disk?

if it is dynamic convert it to basic disk.

 

[princeoo7]

and what is the AHCI ?

 

[rahulyo]

AHCI - Advanced Host Controller Interface - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[rohit3192]

I think, you haven't formatted your HDD after buying it... After poping the Windows 7 disc, you have the option to format during the installation menu... try that, works well..

Regards,

Nj

I think that Win 7 does by itself. When it shows screen where to install win.7

How many HDDs are attached to your computer?

 

[linuxtechie]

@OP,

Can you please post in plain good english, complete sentence that is? Will help us in helping you. I hope you get the point.

+LT

 

[iChaitanya]

Well, just Google the complete error code and you'll find the solution. Otherwise it's hard to say what exactly is causing this. Try disabling AHCI and RAID - i.e. use this 160GB in "Native IDE" mode.

 

[nj_gamer]

dude, try taking a screenshot with a camera and show it to us, we might be able to understand your prob better..