I have a dell dimension 8400 pc. I had linux installed and now I want to install win xp. I removed linux and formatted the drive with ntfs. When I try to load win xp it says it can't find any hard drive. What can I do?
follow the instructions in the link that Joe sent. XP does not have Native drivers for SATA drives.
Basically, boot into Setup (Bios) F2 and go to the SATA controller, and change the HDD Mode from AHCI/RAID to IDE /Compatibility Mode.
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