showson1 Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Hi all, I've seen a few posts about OSX86 installs not seeing hard drives, but haven't any resolution that works for me. I'm using iDeneb, since it's the only one I've ever even been able to get into the setup menus with, and it's not showing my hard drive at all.. even in disk util. This is with the newest version of iDeneb and I've tried both the patched and un-patched versions. I tried wiping the Windows partition, wiping the whole drive, even so far as taking the laptop HD out and hooking it to my Mac to format with the correct file system... no dice. I have a Compaq Presario F763nr (F700 series) and it's a SATA drive. Thanks for any tips or suggestions on how I can get around this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showson1 Posted October 24, 2008 Author Share Posted October 24, 2008 Anyone have any suggestions at all on this? Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenflesh Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Anyone have any suggestions at all on this?Thanks! Hi..i ran into the same issue that you have and finally resolved it! If you ain't seeing your hard drive, i assume your CMOS setting for your hardrive is "IDE", change it to "AHCI", save and restart your system. Remember, this is not same on all motherboards, so try to fiddle around it until you find it with same choices (IDE, RAID, AHCI). When you have MAC OS running the set up again you will now see your hardrive. Finish your installation until you got your MAC running independently without the DVD OS installer. If you plan to go on multi booting, go back to your CMOS utility that change the drive feature back to "IDE". Your good to go on your next OS installation on a seperate partition. Hope this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
showson1 Posted October 26, 2008 Author Share Posted October 26, 2008 Thanks greeflesh, unfortunately my laptop has a very basic BIOS and no option for IDE, RAID or AHCI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowggodd Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Thanks greeflesh, unfortunately my laptop has a very basic BIOS and no option for IDE, RAID or AHCI. I am not sure why my post didn't take the first time but anyway... i have the same problem has anyone found a solution? Or even a hint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarsVolta Posted November 12, 2009 Share Posted November 12, 2009 I'm having the same problem too iDeneb doesn't recognize my HDD I don't have problems with iPC or iAtkos or Kalyway Just found a solution, I had to change an option in my BIOS, i'll get back to you after the install.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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