![]() ![]() None of the recently released Intel AHCI drivers are usable for a Windows XP installation (Reason: The absolutely needed file named TXTSETUP.OEM is missing).If you want to get Windows XP installed onto your Intel 8-Series Chipset system running in AHCI mode, you will run into the following Intel AHCI driver problem: Provided, that you have a legal MS licence and a genuine CD key for Windows XP, here are some additional informations: Reboot and be lucky, if everything should work samson1701:. ![]() Enter the BIOS immediately while rebooting and set the Intel SATA Controller to "AHCI".Ignore all warnings you will get and let the driver be installed. Hit the "Have Disk" button, navigate to the folder with the modded 32bit Intel RST driver v11., hit the file named iaAHCI.inf and choose the Intel SATA AHCI Controller, which will match your system after the later switch to AHCI mode.Right click onto the related Controller and choose the options "Update Driver Software.Boot into XP in IDE mode, run the Device Manager, expand the "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" section and find out the Intel SATA Controller, where your system drive is connected.Do a backup of your most important data (for the emergency case of a SATA mode switch failure).If you want to do it nevertheless and are sure regarding the DeviceID of your on-board Intel SATA Controller after the switch to "AHCI", you can try the following: That is why I do not really recommend to do it. The switch of the SATA mode from within a running OS is always risky and may end with an unbootable OS. Is there a way to switch to AHCI without installing from scratch? ![]()
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