Hello- This is my first post in any of these forums, so if my question has been already answered, i apologize. i have a Toshiba laptop with XP Media Center factory installed, and want to upgrade to win7 pro. The problem is that Win7 cant find the hard drive in the Toshiba machine. Strangely, i can see the drive in the My Computer section, but if i look for it in disc management or device manager, it doesnt appear at all. in disc managerment, all i see is the D drive, but no C drive at all. any thoughts or help would be greatly appreciated. I should also add that XP wont even allow me to format the disc, so i cant even wipe it clean and start over. thanks.

Hi, I would like to know how you installed the Windows 7? Boot from DVD directly? Does the C drive appear in BIOS? Before installing Windows 7, I suggest contacting XP forum or manufacture to fix the hard drive issue first. XP Forum http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/itproxpsp/threads Tashiba support http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/support/jsp/home.jsp Note: Since the website is not hosted by Microsoft, the link may change without notice. Microsoft does not guarantee the accuracy of this information. If you didn't install Windows 7 from installation disc directly, please set boot from DVD in BIOS and inset the disc to start the installation process. Best Regards, Niki Please remember to click "Mark as Answer" on the post that helps you, and to click "Unmark as Answer" if a marked post does not actually answer your question. This can be beneficial to other community members reading the thread.