hard drive - Installing Windows 7 x64, ASUS P5G41T-M LX Plus, Mass Storage Driver

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2014-07
  • R.P.

    I have a ASUS P5G41T-M LX PLUS motherboard. When installing (from either USB or DVD) Windows 7 Pro x64, my harddrive doesn't show to install onto. The Hard Drive is recognized in the BIOS. I try loading the drivers from the DVD that came with the motherboard, and have also tried the updated drivers from the ASUS website, to no avail.

    Any advice on what/where i can look/do next? I do remember on other asus boards there was an option within the bios for RAID, however this board doesn't have this feature (that I can find)

    I did find a post on this site about the P541T-M LX model of board, that didn't help either.

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  • Mehper C. Palavuzlar

    I had a similar experience while upgrading from Vista to 7, and I chose to continue after the warning message. If I were in your shoes, I would back up my system and execute the upgrade. You may want to take a look at what I've done through the process:

  • Mehper C. Palavuzlar

    IDE controller is a motherboard device, Mehper has your answer for that.

    Here is another program you can run in Vista before upgrading, it will check all your peripheral devices also.

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/get/upgrade-advisor.aspx

    Before scanning your PC with the Windows 7 Upgrade Advisor, be sure to plug in and power on any USB devices or other devices, such as printers, external hard disks, and scanners, that you regularly use with the PC you're checking.