Has anyone figured out how to install Windows XP on a D630 in AHCI mode rather than SATA mode?  The 1st time it prompts for the driver (F6 method) it detects the Hard Drive ok, but then just a few minutes after formatting the hard drive setup prompts for  the "Intel Matrix Storage manager driver" again... only this time the laptop refuses to recognize the floppy drive (connected via USB cable).  I even tried hot swapping the DVD-ROM with the Floppy in the options bay as a last resort.

 

Does anyone know how to get this to work.  I have heard people say just install Windows in SATA mode and then switch to AHCI mode, but I would like to know if I am missing something.

 

Thanks,

 

ZENWORKS911