Installing new HHD. Can't find boot device

[rockbottom56]

Hi, I hope someone can help me out. I am installing a new HDD. It's installed, the wires are in the right place and plugged in all the way. I switched the boot sequence to start the cd rom drive first so i can install Windows 7. But i get a error saying " No boot device available" Please help!!
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I found out what was wrong there...the drive isn't a dvd drive and wouldn't read the cd...i am a retard i know. But now i have another problem.....according to the new hdd's manual i need to install sata host drivers since i am using windows xp now. i dont have the disk for these drivers and if i find them...it says that they need to be installed on a floppy drive. I tried installing windows with out doing this and i get an error, saying "a problem has been dectected and windows has been shut down"

 

[MindoverMaster]

That's baloney. You don't need SATA host drivers unless you are on RAID. When did it say that error in Windows setup?

 

[rockbottom56]

It said a problem had been detected and windows was stopped to prevent harm on your computer. said to run chkdisk for errors and also to check for virures

 

[MindoverMaster]

You said this happened during Setup? At what point did it get to?

 

[rockbottom56]

not far....never got to the point were you pick where you want to install windows

 

[MindoverMaster]

Try running HDD diagnostics provided by your HDD manufacturer.

 

[rockbottom56]

i actually went another way with it now...still having issues though. i am doing this for a friend, they wanted W7, so i took out the HD and put it my computer installed windows 7 on it and it worked fine...when i put it in the other pc it gets to the Starting Windows screen and restarts...i ran the launch repair and it says that a recently installed device is causing the problem....any ideas on how to fix that

 

[MindoverMaster]

You can NOT do that. You are moving it to a whole new driver set. It will get confused. Unless it is the same exact system.

 

[rockbottom56]

So did I just **** up this hard drive then

 

[MindoverMaster]

You have to reload it on the system it is intended for.