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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tom Riddle" data-source="post: 7384044" data-attributes="member: 47610"><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes    :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/yes.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":yes:" title="Yes    :yes:" data-shortname=":yes:" />In BIOS, change HDD mode to IDE (or maybe it's called ATA in your BIOS) mode. xp does not come with SATA drivers, so it has problems detecting SATA hard disks. You can supply the drivers for SATA, but it HAS to be done using a floppy <img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/shocked.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":shocked:" title="Shocked    :shocked:" data-shortname=":shocked:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/shocked.gif"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":shocked:" title="Shocked    :shocked:" data-shortname=":shocked:" />. Not worth all the trouble. Just change the mode so that the HDD will be emulated as an IDE drive. (that is xp will see it as an IDE drive)</blockquote>

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