Im in a mess with no OS please help

[4IDEN]

i have bought a new ssd 120gb, put it into the pc disconnented all my other drives.
i have the windows disk and licence number.
if i boot with ssd plugged into sata 0-3 it says an operating system wasnt found, disconnect any drives that dont contain a os.
if i boot with disk only it takes me all the way where i pick a drive to install windows on.
i then plug in my brand new ssd and it says drive 0 partion 1 111.56gb
but it says please enable controller in bios system this drive is unable to boot from.

in bios i have checked and sata type is ahci
sata 0-3 are enable.

im lost

motherboard is giabyte 78lmt-usb3
many thanks i rteally want to get this up and running in the next 4 hours all help and ideas are wanted

[rotNdude]

Plug the SSD in and verify that the BIOS recognizes it. Then in the BIOS select your DVD drive as the first bootable device. You should be good to go.

[4IDEN]

haha i wish i could i cant get to the bios with the ssd plugged in and if i leave the windows disc in oalone it goes straight to windows even if i tab del a millions times,
if i can get to bios and then plug the ssd i have been in every setting and cant see it listed anywhere

[TeKraken]

Have you plugged the SSD in as a secondary drive (with your old OS drive running) just to make sure it works?

I cant see why you wouldn't be able to get into your BIOS, unless something is up with the drive?

[4IDEN]

no my old os drive i went to do factory reset it said this will erase and replace i hit ok it re formatted and then with that it said unable boot and install windows are it needs the controller enabled in the bios.
ok i got in the bios and plugged both my old and new ssd into the sata 0 and 1 slots and i cant see them showing in the bios menu where am i looking what menu

[rotNdude]

引用自 Smuggs：

if i boot with ssd plugged into sata 0-3 it says an operating system wasnt found, disconnect any drives that dont contain a os.

引用自 Smuggs：

haha i wish i could i cant get to the bios with the ssd plugged in

I'm getting confused. The system boots with the SSD plugged in, but says OS not found. That means it's getting to the point where it wants to boot an OS. But you also just said you can't get to the BIOS when the SSD is plugged in?

[4IDEN]

im getting mad if i have any of the harddrives plugged in it just goes to a screen saying no os unplugg drives and press control alt delete but my pc just bleeps when i press that combo and nothing happens.

sorry my term boots mean the pc turns on and i get a screen.
just treat me as a novice which i am i have 120sdd and a windows disc the bios can only get up if the ssd is not plugged in

[Azza ☠]

You have GSATA ports on that motherboard, if you want to use them, you need to pre-load the Marvell drivers to run it. This is most likely what it's complaining about.

The easiest option is to use a standard SATA port instead for your primary boot drive. They should be colour coded and labelled. Use the first SATA port ( blue / SATA 3.0 ) for your drive, rather than the gray ones ( GSATA ), they are the fastest without requiring additional drivers to run.

If you really want to use that GSATA port for your main, to pre-load drivers - Normally press F6 upon booting if you need to install a 3rd party SCSI or RAID driver. Then select "Marvell drivers" from the Windows disk or swap out to the motherboard disk to find the drivers to load them in first, then continue with the Windows installation.

Once the OS is installed, install all your motherboard drivers - Chipset, Bus Controllers, USB 3.0 Controllers, and this Marvell Controller (in which those GSATAs will work as normal each time after that).

[4IDEN]

ive only sata 2 0-3 and on the side sata 2 4-5
they are all coloured blue.

[Azza ☠]

Does your motherboard have uEFI BIOS?

Is your Windows Disk the OEM or Retail version?

If you can get to command prompt level from your Windows Disk, can you access disk partition or see your SSD drive?

DISKPART
LIST DISK
SEL DIS 0 ( or whatever drive number your SSD is )
CLEAN

[4IDEN]

unsure on first one my board is gigabyte 78mlt-usb3

its a oem system builder windows 8 so im guessing it will only work on my ram,mobo,psu ect

im in the bios now with the windows 8 disc in the tray but no hardrives plugged in.
can i plug my 120ssd in and can you help through my advanced bios settings and see if i have the right ones.
im in the uk so if anyone woulld let me ring them i could possible chat ect

ok ill have a go at getting to the command prompt

[rotNdude]

When the system is booting, hit Del, F1 or whatever it takes to enter the BIOS with the SSD plugged in. I think you're just not getting into the BIOS before it wants to boot to an OS.

[4IDEN]

ok ill have a go i have been hitting del pretty fast as i switch the power on
no idea how to get to command

[Azza ☠]

That Gigabyte's motherboard hybrid EFI is a modified Award BIOS - No uEFI available I'm afraid to create a boot manager to handle this issue.

That's okay, your easiest option is probably swap ACHI mode to RAID mode, that should hopefully get your OS to boot and install. You can then leave it on that mode - RAID also contains ACHI anyways - or do a Windows registry hack before swapping back to ACHI under BIOS (it will not boot from ACHI without a hack to re-install the drivers).

I can explain the hack more if you desire... but try one thing at a time.

[4IDEN]

impossible with the brand new ssd in it goes 2 seconds and straight to
black screen saying an os was not found please disconnect the drives with do not have an os on

when you say get your os to boot i have no os just a disc which gets me to where it needs a harddrive install on but what ever hdd i put in it has a yellow symbol and says please enable controller.
im going to swap achi to raid give me 3 mins thanks for your time guys

[rotNdude]

You aren't hitting the enter BIOS button fast enough.