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sclitheroe · 10-19-2009, 08:25 PM

It could very well be that he's using an older XP install CD (non-SP2) that doesn't know what to do with a disk configured to operate in AHCI mode. I'd check the BIOS and see if there's a setting you can use to configure the disk for IDE or ATAPI instead of AHCI mode.

10-19-2009, 08:25 PM	#17
sclitheroe #1 Goaltender Join Date: Sep 2005 Exp:	It could very well be that he's using an older XP install CD (non-SP2) that doesn't know what to do with a disk configured to operate in AHCI mode. I'd check the BIOS and see if there's a setting you can use to configure the disk for IDE or ATAPI instead of AHCI mode. __________________ -Scott