Windows can't see the drives on my laptop

[franticpianist]

Hi I hope someone can help me with my little problem,
I was running windows 7 ultimate on my HP pavilion Dv6700, my 250Gig hard drive had an error and lost the file allocation tables so I had to format it externally in an external usb case. now when i try and install windows on the laptop it can't see the drive. Ubuntu installed perfectly on the same laptop after windows failed but i would like to run my windows 7 again. any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[Nibiru2012]

Does the drive show up in the BIOS at all? If so, where does the drive problem of not appearing show up? During the install of Windows 7?

A little more information would be helpful.

Thanks - Nibs

 

[Fire cat]

Installing Windows over Ubuntu is BAD. It's a pain.
Format completely and then install Windows. Then install Linux over it, using Wubi, for example