Go into bios setup, and change the mode of the SATA interface from
AHCI to IDE.

On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 11:37:15 -0800, "Gary R."
<roberthouse@geocities.com> wrote:

>I have a new notebook that came with Vista, and have entertained the idea of
>backing up the complete system, formatting, and then installing XP, with the
>thought that I'll probably get a considerable performance boost, not to
>mention losing the small irritations and nags that are constant with Vista.
>(I'm not a Vista hater, just don't really need the glitz or the "do you
>really want to..." screens, besides the occasional software that doesn't
>work with it). Plus, I think a 2 GB machine with this processor should fly
>with XP, and it's only so-so with Vista. If I change my mind, I'll have the
>disk imaged so I can go back to Vista.
>
>But the hard drive is SATA, and there is no floppy drive. As far as I
>remember, the floppy is the only possibility for adding the SATA drivers
>during XP setup, and I'm not even sure if it would recognize a USB floppy if
>I were to buy one specifically for that purpose. Any suggestions,
>workarounds, etc. would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Gary
>