Hp pavillion elite e9120y

[unkelfester]

Hello, my hdd went bad according to my know nothing tech brother,bought exact new hdd but now he claims motherboard won't find it ,says I need new motherboard, so I went & got it back,trying to install vista pro on new hdd,don't seem to want to take! can anyone please save me? THANKS in advance for any good input! Don...

 

[eleclerc]

Checkout if the HDD appear in the BIOS Setup. Did you use flat cable or sata?

Maybe a jumper configuration.

 

[unkelfester]

hdd shows in bios sata

 

[Ubrales]

hdd shows in bios sata

It needs to be initialized. Select the drive in Control Panel ---> Administrative Tools ---> Computer management ---> Disk Management. Then highlight the selection and do an NTFS format.

Now you will be able to install Vista (or Win 7) on it.