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Installing the AHCI Driver During Windows XP Installation
The AHCI driver must be installed during Windows XP installation. This is required
in order to be able to install the operating system onto a hard drive that is con-
gured in AHCI mode.
1. When you insert the operating system’s installation disc into an optical drive,
the message Press any key to boot from CD will appear. Press Enter.
2. The message Setup is inspecting your computer’s hardware congura-
tion will appear.
3. Press F6 when prompted in the status line with the “Press F6 if you need to
install a third party SCSI or RAID driver” message.
4. Press S to “Specify Additional Device”.
4. Insert the oppy disk, containing the AHCI driver, into a oppy drive.
5. Select Intel(R) ICH8M-E/M SATA AHCI Controller then press Enter.
You have successfully installed the driver. However you must continue installing
the OS. Leave the oppy disk in the oppy drive until the system reboots itself
because Windows setup will need to copy the les again from the oppy disk
to the Windows installation folders. After Windows setup has copied these les
again, remove the oppy diskette so that Windows setup can reboot as needed.