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methememb
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_ 		14. November 2009 @ 08:21 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
hey ppl
I recently wiped my dell laptop because i was dissatisied with windows vista which it had.

I used wipedisk to wipe the harddisk clean so to installl xp. I have used wipedisk before and i am confident that it is not the problem.

That went fine but now when i put in the xp disk, i am given a message
Setup cannot find any hard drive disks blah blah blah

Im wondering what can i do?
When i install windows 7 there is no probs with the hard drive and it installs fine

Thanks
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silk42
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_ 		17. November 2009 @ 11:24 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
You should check the BIOS to see if there's a setting to change the AHCI mode. A lot of newer devices default to this mode, which Windows XP doesn't recognize by default.
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methememb
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_ 		17. November 2009 @ 14:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Thankz man it worked
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