HP xw6600 Sata drivers during win 7 install

mourad001

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Hi everyone,

Since i have updated my Hp xw6600 workstation bios to the latest, and going for a frech win 7 (64bit) install, only the C: drive is detected and not D: my second drive. i have tried the latest intel starage utitlity but no detection of the D: drive, but when in windows i have all drives.

Hope to fix this because i want to format for a new Os install.

Thank you
 
You would want to install Windows on the C drive anyway or do you want to get the new Windows on D drive? If the latter, just unplug the C drive, plug in D where C was and run the setup. Is the D drive large by any chance, 3 TB or larger?
 
hi,

i would like to install win 7 on C (250 Gb) and D is 1TB ... im using it for storage and backups). i have found a lot of threads about this isssue but cant proceed with anything.
thanks for the reply
 


If you want to install Windows on the C drive, why are you bothering tryign to format the D drive before you install it? Just boot of the Windows 7 disk, install the operating system, and format D from Windows once you are done.