Has been answered dozens of times in out Vista forum. The most common answer is to turn on/off a bios setting which has no recurring name. Let's try IDE emulation, AHCI, etc.
This forum rarely is visited but your question is not a new one. Try the Vista forum or the XP forum next time.
Bob
Hello!
I have a couple of computers with Vista, and because Vista is so moody I have decided to go back to Windows XP as a second operating system. One computer is a Toshiba Satellite with core 2 duo 1.5 and the second is a Dell XPS 420 desktop with 2.6 core 2 quad, both have Vista home premium ,I have tried to install XP, but both computers are giving me a message saying there is no hard drive to install the windows, and the laptop has 3 partitions and the desktop has a second drive installed in a raid configuration 0 and it is clean and have 250gigs. I have tried cleaning the laptop drive by using it with an outside external cover and install the XP first but no luck and the Toshiba and Dell websites provides drives for XP for this type of computers. Any ideas?
Thank you

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