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Windows 7 was succesfully installed on the drive without a hitch. Posting from this OS now.

So far I've tried Ubuntu 20.04 LTS and 21.10, the latest Mint and the latest Fedora Core. None of these installers find my hard disk.

I have tried all the settings in the BIOS, and I've tried all the motherboard SATA ports.

The hard disk is not striped.

Emanuel Landeholm
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  • My second drive is a 240 GB SSD, which contains an install for my old computer. I wish to save /home from this drive. This drive IS detected. The hard disk is not, regardless if I connect the SSD or not. – Emanuel Landeholm Apr 14 '22 at 20:21
  • Have you tried alternative SATA ports? Assuming you have more than one. – Hannu Apr 15 '22 at 11:01
  • In several cases, due to Intel not providing adequate Linux drivers in kernel, SSD can only be detected on Linux when the SATA controller is configured as AHCI, rather than RAID/RST which is often the one configured. Try to change the mode in UEFI settings. Warning: Windows will probably not detect anymore the installation if the controller changes mode, unless a driver is provided manually (see https://superuser.com/questions/531594/windows-how-to-install-driver-from-recovery-command-prompt which describes the reverse). – A.B Apr 15 '22 at 18:19
  • I've tried IDE, AHCI and UEFI. In all three cases, Windows 7 boots from the HD and only the SSD is detected by the Linux installer. – Emanuel Landeholm Apr 17 '22 at 05:23

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