A user is installing Windows 7 on a PC with a RAID card. The user has verified all of the cables are connected correctly, but the installation media does not detect any hard drives. Which of the following should the user do to help detect the hard drives?

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D. Select load driver Windows 7 installation media does not include drivers for all third-party RAID controllers, so the installer cannot enumerate the logical drives presented by the RAID card. Using 'Load Driver' during the 'Where do you want to install Windows?' step allows the technician to supply the OEM RAID controller driver from removable media, after which the installer can detect and present the available drives. This is a standard procedure for RAID and SAS controllers not natively supported by the Windows installer.

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A. Press F8 when prompted F8 at boot accesses Windows advanced startup options after an OS is installed, and has no effect during a fresh installation wizard.

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B. Hit the refresh button to force a re-detect There is no refresh button in the Windows 7 installer that forces a hardware re-detection for storage controllers.

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C. Enable PATA in the BIOS Enabling PATA in the BIOS configures legacy IDE mode and is unrelated to a RAID controller's driver requirement.

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