Windows 7 upgrade difficulties - Hard Drive Driver problem?

You don't need any special driver or even software for a hard drive to work properly.

Originally Posted by busydog

I'd either copy the DVD to your HD and install from there or create a bootable usb drive with your DVD files. Let Win7 worry about finding the necessary driver after install.

I tried copying the DVD to the hard drive and installing from there and I encountered the same problem.

Originally Posted by gringo2112

I tried copying the DVD to the hard drive and installing from there and I encountered the same problem.

Any other suggestion without having to do a clean install? Thanks.

Do you have any programs that run any virtual drives, or do you show any in device manager. In some cases, virtual drives created by something like alcohol 120% have caused driver problems.

Originally Posted by Saltgrass

Do you have any programs that run any virtual drives, or do you show any in device manager. In some cases, virtual drives created by something like alcohol 120% have caused driver problems.

No virtual drives and no programs like Alcohol 120%. I have two external WD drives but they have been disconnected since I have been trying to install Windows 7. The only attached peripherals are a mouse and keyboard. I have disabled my printer and webcam drivers. I have noticed when I have the BIOS set for RAID, my hard drive shows up just as a generic hard drive in Device Manager. When I switch to IDE, the model of hard drive is displayed. I tried to install Win 7 in safe mode just to see what would happen and I still got the message about the SCSI drive. I doubt there is any way to bypass the compatibility check of Windows 7 installation to get past this problem, is there?

Take a look at this link"
Turn Off Program Compatibility Assistant — MAXIMUMpcguides – Windows 7 tips, tricks, help, and how-to guides

Also, just type "disable compatibility check windows 7" into your search engine

Originally Posted by reghakr

Take a look at this link\"
Turn Off Program Compatibility Assistant — MAXIMUMpcguides – Windows 7 tips, tricks, help, and how-to guides

Also, just type \"disable compatibility check windows 7\" into your search engine

Thanks for the tip but that link is if you already running Windows 7 and it is not for any home versions of Windows 7. I am stuck in Vista SP2 trying to make it through the upgrade process

Note: This guide shows you how to make changes to Windows 7 using Group Policy. Group Policy is not available in Home versions of Windows 7.