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Appendix A
AHCI
The installation steps below will guide you in configuring your SATA drive to AHCI
mode.
1. Enter the BIOS utility and configure the SATA controller to IDE mode.
2. Install Windows XP but do not press F6.
3. Download relevant RAID/AHCI driver files supported by the motherboard chip-
set from Intel’s website.
Transfer the downloaded driver
files to C:\AHCI.
4. Open Device Manager and
right click on one of the
Intel Serial ATA Storage Con-
trollers, then select Update
Driver.
If the controller you selected
did not work, try selecting
another one.
5. In the Hardware Update Wizard
dialog box, select “No, not this
time” then click Next.
6. Select “Install from a list or
specific location (Advanced)” and
then click Next.
7. Select “Don’t search. I will choose
the driver to install” and then click
Next .