Troubleshooting Sata Hard Disk Error While Downgading To Xp

Hi all,

I encountered a problem while trying to downgrade my Toshiba system that came with a win vista to Xp. The error message was that the SATA hard disk wasn't powered on while the win Xp installation was initializing. I got a clue on disabling the Native SATA from the bios setting but unfortunately I coudn't see the option to disable it in the system bios .

Pls any idea on the way out?

Download nlite.go to toshiba and download d sata drivers for your model of toshiba.using the nlite you can create a bootable cd for xp.just google how to use nlite.cheers.make sure you download d xp drivers first and keep somewia o!