Hard Drive not appearing

[themanofthehour3561]

I've built a computer just recently and everything powers on and the bios screen appears but when I go to install windows I choose advanced install and it asks what driver to install to and my issue is its not picking up the hard drive I've installed into my PC?And incase it helps the motherboard I'm using is a M5A78L-M USB3

 

[Hellfire13]

give ur full system specs pls...

 

[themanofthehour3561]

CPU:AMD FX 6300
GPU:GTX 950
Motherboard:M5A78L-M USB3
Ram:Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB
Hard Drive:Seagate Desktop HDD 1TB
Power Supply:EVGA 500B


Also I dont have a CD drive built into the PC im using an external one that connects to the computer through a usb3 slot

 

[Hellfire13]

is d hdd shwng up in BIOS???

 

[Legion93]

If your drive is not detected it may be because it is turned OFF in System Setup. Some motherboard manufactures disable unused ports in the BIOS by default. You will need to enter the the BIOS setup in order to verify their current state.

It could also be due to a faulty or unplugged data cable, incorrect jumper settings on the drive, or a faulty hard drive if the drive is not spinning up. Just make sure that all of your SATA and power cables are connected correctly, and if you have another SATA cable, try that to make sure the first one isn't bad. Try using a different sata port. Sometimes they come with Two diffrent Sata controllers. Try a different sata port and see if that help at all.

 

[themanofthehour3561]

If your drive is not detected it may be because it is turned OFF in System Setup. Some motherboard manufactures disable unused ports in the BIOS by default. You will need to enter the the BIOS setup in order to verify their current state.

It could also be due to a faulty or unplugged data cable, incorrect jumper settings on the drive, or a faulty hard drive if the drive is not spinning up. Just make sure that all of your SATA and power cables are connected correctly, and if you have another SATA cable, try that to make sure the first one isn't bad. Try using a different sata port. Sometimes they come with Two diffrent Sata controllers. Try a different sata port and see if that help at all.

How do I check if its enabled in the BIOS?

 

[Hellfire13]

If your drive is not detected it may be because it is turned OFF in System Setup. Some motherboard manufactures disable unused ports in the BIOS by default. You will need to enter the the BIOS setup in order to verify their current state.

It could also be due to a faulty or unplugged data cable, incorrect jumper settings on the drive, or a faulty hard drive if the drive is not spinning up. Just make sure that all of your SATA and power cables are connected correctly, and if you have another SATA cable, try that to make sure the first one isn't bad. Try using a different sata port. Sometimes they come with Two diffrent Sata controllers. Try a different sata port and see if that help at all.

How do I check if its enabled in the BIOS?

it shd show in boot device priority

 

[themanofthehour3561]

If your drive is not detected it may be because it is turned OFF in System Setup. Some motherboard manufactures disable unused ports in the BIOS by default. You will need to enter the the BIOS setup in order to verify their current state.

It could also be due to a faulty or unplugged data cable, incorrect jumper settings on the drive, or a faulty hard drive if the drive is not spinning up. Just make sure that all of your SATA and power cables are connected correctly, and if you have another SATA cable, try that to make sure the first one isn't bad. Try using a different sata port. Sometimes they come with Two diffrent Sata controllers. Try a different sata port and see if that help at all.

How do I check if its enabled in the BIOS?

it shd show in boot device priority

Yeah,in the boot device priority the 1st device is Hard Drive,second is USB:HP DVD Writer,and third is disabled

 

[Legion93]

How do I check if its enabled in the BIOS?

Depends what motherboard, usually Del, or F2 on startup.

Since you are at installation phase, try this:
Once in Windows setup, hit shift+F10 to bring up the command line.
>diskpart [enter]
>list disk [enter]
From the list above (assuming you have more than one HD installed, if not it'll be the only one), find the number corresponding to your HD.
>select drive [number] [enter]
>clean all [enter] * see note below
>create partition primary [enter]
>select partition 1 [enter]
>active [enter]
>format fs=ntfs [enter] ** see note
>assign [enter]
>exit [enter]
>exit [enter]

It should show the drive, install OS.

 

[themanofthehour3561]

How do I check if its enabled in the BIOS?

Depends what motherboard, usually Del, or F2 on startup.

Since you are at installation phase, try this:
Once in Windows setup, hit shift+F10 to bring up the command line.
>diskpart [enter]
>list disk [enter]
From the list above (assuming you have more than one HD installed, if not it'll be the only one), find the number corresponding to your HD.
>select drive [number] [enter]
>clean all [enter] * see note below
>create partition primary [enter]
>select partition 1 [enter]
>active [enter]
>format fs=ntfs [enter] ** see note
>assign [enter]
>exit [enter]
>exit [enter]

It should show the drive, install OS.

I typed "list disk" and it said "there are no fixed disks to show"

 

[themanofthehour3561]

Alright guys,I thank all of you for your help but I found the issue,It wasnt plugged in from the power supply so it wasnt even on....thank you all though,im not sure how to close this board

 

[Hellfire13]

Alright guys,I thank all of you for your help but I found the issue,It wasnt plugged in from the power supply so it wasnt even on....thank you all though,im not sure how to close this board

aha...thts why i asked whether its showing in BIOS...tht wud have solved it...