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Extensa 4630Z New Vista Install "No drives were found"

post #1 of 7
4/5/10 at 1:05am
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Hello all.. So my friend's laptop was to the point of no return so I wiped the HDD, popped a legit copy of vista in, (no recovery disks available), and proceeded to install it. Unfortunately right after where you enter the product key, the screen entitled "where do you want to install windows?" doesn't have a drive listed. I've tried switching from AHCI to IDE, boot order, etc. Could anyone explain to me how i can just install crappy vista again? this is ridiculous.
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post #2 of 7
4/5/10 at 6:31am
Hopefully it is just a bad drive. Try with another one and see. If not the drive controller might be failing.

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post #3 of 7
4/5/10 at 6:31am
Down load the SATA driver from here yes it is an XP driver... Copy it unzipped to a CD or preferably a USB stick (plugged in before starting up the laptop)... Run the vista install and when it gets to the part about partitioning and formatting, use the menu to look for the driver on the USB stick or CD (taking the vista disk out, thats why the USB stick is the better option)..
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post #4 of 7
4/5/10 at 11:49am
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Well, I don't think it's a bad drive because i was able to back up all the necessary files via live cd.

And I already tried every driver in that unzipped folder and they all fail. I don't know what to do! A couple of them say that they need an updated version, does that mean it's the right one but just outdated? And also, do i need to be in IDE or AHCI in the BIOS. I've figured AHCI is what I should be in and have tried the same drivers in both modes. I'm just so lost.
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post #5 of 7
4/5/10 at 11:53am
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I've also been told to get the drivers via intel but i'm unsure what chipset family I have etc.. I've downloaded a couple drivers and extracted the .exe's to find some drivers but they haven't worked yet. Mainly because i don't know what ones i need.
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post #6 of 7
4/5/10 at 1:34pm
With Vista you should not need any extra drivers (for the drive that is). And you are saying that installation disk was able to format, copy files and then stuck at enter product key?

Is this Vista disk the same version as the COA key underneath the notebook?

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post #7 of 7
4/5/10 at 1:56pm
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Originally Posted by cory.street View Post
Well, I don't think it's a bad drive because i was able to back up all the necessary files via live cd.

And I already tried every driver in that unzipped folder and they all fail. I don't know what to do! A couple of them say that they need an updated version, does that mean it's the right one but just outdated? And also, do i need to be in IDE or AHCI in the BIOS. I've figured AHCI is what I should be in and have tried the same drivers in both modes. I'm just so lost.
Yes, looks like updated drivers are needed... You should be in AHCI mode and you shouldn't need drivers, but I have had this before esp with Vista on older nVidia chipsets...

You should install in IDE mode then install all drivers then change back to AHCI... Have you tried the Intel Matrix storage driver?
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