Trying to load Win7 on a new drive

[mwidner]

Hello all. I hope this is the right forum.

I have a new hard drive which I have formatted. I want to install Windows-7 from a legal CD (we have a multiple install license).

I cannot install it while the HD is in a USB drive enclosure. Would I have to remove my current drive, put the new blank drive in and boot from the CD to install, or is there another way?

Thanks!

m.

 

[linney]

When you boot from the Windows 7 DVD/CD does it see the target drive?

When you get to the screen titled "Where do you want to install Windows?", have a click on the link "Drive Options (Advanced)" and see what that path offers you.

For details have a look at this.

Microsoft's Windows 7 Ultimate Fresh/clean Install Guide step by step

http://www.windowsreinstall.com/win7ultimate/windows7installguides/indexfullpage.htm

Is the Bios recognizing your "HD in a USB drive enclosure"? If the Bios settings are incorrect, or if it can't recognize any drive then Windows hasn't much of a hope of seeing it either.

 

[BadBigBen]

I cannot install it while the HD is in a USB drive enclosure.

W7 out of the box does not allow this... the reason for it lie in the way Windows sees USB devices, the drivers are loaded too late in the BOOT process for them to work...

Would I have to remove my current drive, put the new blank drive in and boot from the CD to install

that is the way it is supposed to work...

, or is there another way?

none that I am aware of...

Ben
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[G0AOZ]

Irrespective of whether the drive is formatted or not, and despite the fact that the BIOS may see the drive as a bootable option, W-7 doesn't allow it. This is the official message:

"Windows cannot be installed to this disk. Setup does not support configuration of or installation to disks connected through a USB or IEEE 1394 port."

ROGER - G0AOZ.