Windows 7 install Help please

mondeoman2

Hi All,


I have a Dell XPS 8100 1.5 Years old,
Last Week the Hard drive started to fail so i bought a new one,
It arrived today,I put the new hdd into the pc & plugged it into sata slot 0.
PROBLEM.

when i try to install Windows(DISC Ultimate 64 Bit),
It installs to a point then i get this message-

"Windows Set Up Could Not Configure Windows to run on this Hardware"

what have i done wrong,
PLEASE HELP!!:(

mondeoman2

I Think I might have the Problem,

The New HDD is an ADVANCED FORMAT drive:o

can i still use this drive?
if yes how?

Thank You.

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mondeoman2 wrote: »

I Think I might have the Problem,

The New HDD is an ADVANCED FORMAT drive:o

Shouldn't be a problem - download latest drivers for the chipset and storage devices. Make and model of drive?

Edit: I'm thinking that if it's a dell installation CD it might not have up-to-date drivers for the 4K storage devices. Would reformat (as NTFS) first if you have not done so before.

Tij da feen

mondeoman2 wrote: »

I Think I might have the Problem,

The New HDD is an ADVANCED FORMAT drive:o

can i still use this drive?
if yes how?

Thank You.

Reformat it when you select what drive to install it on.

mondeoman2

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Shouldn't be a problem. Make and model of drive?

seagate st2000dl003


old one = seagate st31500431as

mondeoman2

Tij da feen wrote: »

Reformat it when you select what drive to install it on.

hi,
thank you for reply,how do i reformat it,ive no OS?

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mondeoman2 wrote: »

hi,
thank you for reply,how do i reformat it,ive no OS?

Gives you the option when you're installing Windows.

mondeoman2

Unregistered. wrote: »

Gives you the option when you're installing Windows.

will try that now,thank you.:)

mondeoman2

Still not working:(

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Drivers. Get them.

mondeoman2

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Drivers. Get them.

Where?,the disc supplied is dated 2009,

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mondeoman2 wrote: »

Where?,the disc supplied is dated 2009,

My guess would be dell's website as there you could fill in the model of your machine etc.

mondeoman2

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mondeoman2 wrote: »

Where?,the disc supplied is dated 2009,

My guess would be dell's website as there you could fill in the model of your machine etc.

Will have a look 2moro,thank you for your help;-)

KINGPIN

Make sure to format to ntfs, if that doesnt work try and install another os to determine if its an os issue.

mondeoman2

With help,i got it sorted,
The HDD was showing up as 'RAID' in bios,once that was changed the disc loaded no probs.

Thank You all for Help:)