Problems Installing Windows XP

Saturday night I experienced a little difficulty when installing Windows XP in the notebook to Lenovo 3000 N200 type. This notebook is the property my office colleagues. Lenovo notebook is already contains Windows Vista (preinstalled), I requested to replace the existing Windows Vista into Windows XP. Problems that arise are the installation of Windows XP system can not recognize the hard drive installed in the notebook. Error messages that appear likely to say that hard disk is protected by the manufacturer (manufacturer) or have incorrect settings. I got an error that the image appears as follows:

Problems occur when the system installation of Windows XP has just begun. This is the second time I have things like this. Some months ago I also had dimintai please Edi by my friend to "remove" Windows Vista in a notebook from the Fujitsu Lifebook S6410 owned Edi my colleagues. The same error message occurs.

Ok back to the first installation of Windows XP on Lenovo earlier. First I try to boot the first Windows Vista already installed in the Lenovo. Because the words "manufacturer-supplied Diagnostic or setup program" on the error message above, the logic says I definitely have another partition on the hard disk in a deliberately hidden and hinder the process of installing Windows. So easy to see how the hard drive partitions, I installed Acronis Disk Director to easily manage the existing partition. With the help of Acronis Disk Director, I see there is a partition size of around 6GB partition other than Windows Vista. I know that it is the partition where the program saves the recovery of Windows (factory default). I just delete the partition, and yet Windows Vista is no longer needed in this notebook. After I delete the partition, I again try to boot Windows XP installation CD. I was the same message still appears, to its hard drive is not recognized: ((

Untung last night I was in a condition fit for ngoprek:-p Soon I asked Google, read the read-while I can enlightenment here. I have to turn off SATA in the BIOS options. I try to search in the search-in the BIOS this is Lenovo. The menu looks like the picture on the following:

I change the option to be the choice Compatibility. Somehow I have a feeling it-so why is the problem. After that I try to run again the installation of Windows XP and in fact the correct steps before the finish. With the option to change SATA controller mode, the current Windows XP can recognize the hard drive and immediately go to the installation (before the menu displays the partition, the system displays the End User Agreement first). The installation of Windows XP itself, as I have described previously here.

Feeling successfully solve the problem on the Lenovo before, so my spirit to prove the theory before the Fujitsu Lifebooknya Edisaya try to run the installation process of Windows XP on Fujitsu-nya Edi. Fujitsu Lifebook Bios menu is slightly different with its Lenovo BIOS. I have to change the AHCI setting in the menu under the "Internal Device Configuration". See the image below:

Had earlier read-read in Wikipedia, AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) is a technology that allows software to communicate with the SATA controller to provide a capability such as hot-plugging and Native Command Queuing. Detail please refer to themselves yes, quite a bit-I ngerti bacanya also be one of the better read you own: D So conclusion is notebook-notebook with Windows Vista the default OS (the average is to use SATA type hard drive) is using technology AHCI . It will be a problem if we want men to be Vista-XP downgrade. So to install Windows XP in a notebook preinstalled Windows Vista, we first need to turn off the feature / option on the AHCI setting-an SATA controller.

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