Vaio Fz260 Windows 7 Clean Install

Hi there, I have been trying to make a clean install of Windows 7 but when I get to the install screen, it says that "it does not recognize my drive." This happened too when I tried to install windows XP, and I solved it by slipstreaming the SATA controller drivers but, I don't know where to find those for windows 7, or if that even will solve the same problem....Anyone tried a clean install and had that same problem and solved it somehow?

 

Weird, Windows 7 should have no problems recognizing a SATA drive. You can use the Floppy config utility and copy the SATA driver files to a flash drive, load them during install.
Link : http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Sea...&ProductProduct=Intel®+Matrix+Storage+Manager

 

Thanks for your reply. I downloaded the 32-bit Floppy Configuration Utility for windows 7 32 bit. Apparently that was not the problem...The exact message I'm getting is:

"A required device CD/DVD driver is missing. If you have a driver floppy disk, CD or DVD or USB flash drive, please insert it now."

I'm using Windows 7 pro 32 bit disc from Microsoft Academic Alliance provided by my college, not sure if that helps at helping me...

 

I thought you were talking about the hard drive. This is a known issue during upgrade. Googling might help.

 

I assumed it was about the hard drive since my experience with XP install showed a similar situation(and it was fixed with sata controller drivers). But it wasn't this time. I've been googling it for a bit but all people talk is about bad cd burning sessions...but then other people have gotten the error with a store bought disk.....