XP Support for SATA Controller (Toshiba Satellite P200)

alexkmoore · 02-17-2008, 02:46 AM

I bought a new Toshiba Satellite P200 PSPB6C-508C Notebook, and would like to install XP instead, but when I get to the XP Setup screen after rebooting with the installation disc in the drive, it does not recognize my hard drive.

I've done some research on this and have discovered that XP does not normally support SATA hard drives. If anyone can help me install XP it would be greatly appreciated.

Here's some information I think will be useful.

IDE CONTROLLERS
Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller
Intel(R) ICH8M Ultra ATA Storage Controller 2850

HARD DRIVE
Toshiba MK2035GSS 200GB HDD

SCSI RAID CONTROLLER
Magic ISO SCSI Host Controller
Microsoft iSCSI Initiator

Thanks

Alex

andressergio · 02-19-2008, 07:58 AM

Hey Alex it's very easy just enter the BIOS and navigate to the part where the disk is and change SATA NATIVE MODE ENABLED = YES, to NO, this will make XP see the HD and you'll install XP perfect, no need to load drivers etc.

Cheers
Sergio

02-17-2008, 02:46 AM	#1 (permalink)
alexkmoore Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 7 OS: Vista Home	XP Support for SATA Controller (Toshiba Satellite P200) I bought a new Toshiba Satellite P200 PSPB6C-508C Notebook, and would like to install XP instead, but when I get to the XP Setup screen after rebooting with the installation disc in the drive, it does not recognize my hard drive. I've done some research on this and have discovered that XP does not normally support SATA hard drives. If anyone can help me install XP it would be greatly appreciated. Here's some information I think will be useful. IDE CONTROLLERS Intel(R) 82801HEM/HBM SATA AHCI Controller Intel(R) ICH8M Ultra ATA Storage Controller 2850 HARD DRIVE Toshiba MK2035GSS 200GB HDD SCSI RAID CONTROLLER Magic ISO SCSI Host Controller Microsoft iSCSI Initiator Thanks Alex

02-19-2008, 07:58 AM	#2 (permalink)
andressergio Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 89 OS: XP Pro ESP & VISTA Ultimate ESP	Re: XP Support for SATA Controller (Toshiba Satellite P200) Hey Alex it's very easy just enter the BIOS and navigate to the part where the disk is and change SATA NATIVE MODE ENABLED = YES, to NO, this will make XP see the HD and you'll install XP perfect, no need to load drivers etc. Cheers Sergio __________________ [Q6600 L737B @3852 1,450vbios] [2x2GB Mushkin Ascent @ 1141 CL5] [P5K Deluxe BIOS 0902 vdropmod] [2X SATAII SEAGATE 500GB 7200.11] [RME MULTIFACE I 24bit/96Khz Firewire] [EVGA 8800 ULTRA @756/1836/2304 vgpu/vmem/caps mod)] [LG 22WQT] [TT TOUGHPOWER 850W modular] [Cooled by Fuzion, Laing, Swiftech, Black Ice, Noctua and Sanyo Denki ] Last edited by andressergio; 02-19-2008 at 08:04 AM.