How Do You Install Windows XP With A Sata Hard Drive?
From 2002 through 2007, Microsoft Windows XP was the standard operating system for most of the world’s computers. Even today, with Windows Vista around, XP is still widely used. Many people simply do not want to change, because XP can do everything Vista can do, without all the bells and whistles, and XP can usually do it faster, especially on older hardware. However, some of the newer hard drive technology, namely SATA (as opposed to PATA), isn’t recognized by XP’s setup program. If your PC has a SATA hard drive and you try to install Windows XP, setup will inform you that you have no hard drive installed on your computer–which isn’t true, of course. If you have been getting an error like this when trying to install XP on a newer computer, don’t worry; you probably just have a SATA hard drive. There are two ways to fix this problem. Reset your PC. When it begins its boot sequence, access the BIOS by pressing delete, F2 or F1. If you don’t know which one triggers the BIOS, hit all thr
