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It's not reconizing the HDD that I have in there. WHen It ask's me where I want to install windows It shows nothing. It also askes for Drivers for it. Where do I go about getting them.
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What's IT? Please tell us your story in full first.
Make sure the drive is plugged in properly, Data and power cables.
You also may need to format the drive in windows first, but I doubt it as the Windows install formats for you...
So tell us exactly what the problem is please...

EDIT: Are you referring to this thread you made? You were also VERY vague there, too.
"Hello everyone I am in SO much Need here. I am trying to build my computer and nothing seem's to be going right. I need to talk to someone about it."

Help us help you, mate...
Ok well I was putting together the rig and I kept turning it on and it would turn on and then off again. So I unpluged some cables for HD audio and the one next to it that labeled AC-75. And tryed it again. And WOW it turned on and all the Fan's I pluged in makeing sure that they worked fully.

But now when I am going to install Windows Vista 64-bit. It's not showing any Hard Disk's that It can install to. and it mentions getting Drivers. idk what to do?

Thanks.
Give more information.

Which HDD you are using and if it is partitioned or not. You shouldn't be needing drivers unless you are trying to setup a RAID.
Have you created a partition on which you can install Vista? You can do this with the Vista setup.
No I guess I haven't done that yet. How do I go about creating a partitiom for vista? Is it just on the Install Disk or Do I half to go into the BIOS?
If it's not showing your disk in Vista install plug the drive into another PC running Windows and format the drive there. That should fix the issue, if it is what I think it is.
Go into the BIOS & see if there is a setting for boot up that u can select witch hdd u want as 1st boot,then of coarse u set the boot from cd-dvd & then u should see your hdd during installation
I don't have another pc. Anyother way to fix the issue. Maby I should check my cabel's and see if there all connected and good.
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No I guess I haven't done that yet. How do I go about creating a partitiom for vista? Is it just on the Install Disk or Do I half to go into the BIOS?
In the Vista setup screen.

Or perhaps, if you don't see the drive at all. Are you sure you plugged in the power the the HDD? You could also try setting SATA mode to IDE in the bios.
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K I went into the BIOS and the first one was removiable. So I switched it to Hard Disk.
I have to go threw the whole start=up again and see if what I did changed things. Ill keep you guy's Up-dated.
Nope still Nothing in where do you want to install windows.
No need to quad-post, you can also edit your post. Have you checked the power connection to the HDD?
What do you want me to check if it's connected all the way or change the cabel all together to another one. Maby its a bad cabel.
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What do you want me to check if it's connected all the way or change the cabel all together to another one. Maby its a bad cabel.
Perhaps it's better if you take a picture of what you build (the wiring), because it sounds like you've been expirimenting with random things.
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Check that its plugged completely (at the molex [4 pin cable straight from PSU] joint and at your hard drive.

If that doesn't work, try a new cable =]
Never Mind The DAM cable wasn't pluged into the Motherboard. Im sech a ******. It's late. Forgive me. lol.
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