Downgrading to XP - XP Vista can't find HD during installation.

I tried to replace Vista OS on my HP Pavilion a6857c with XP OS by installing my XP disk and boot from the CD. XP loaded and started trying to find the hard drive, but after a few minutes, XP has reported an error that it could not find the hard drive and abandoned the operation. I checked the CMOS configuration, and it shows the hard drive. Does anyone have an idea on what to do?

As long as your Windows XP disc includes at least, it should the installation of SP1 after the following BIOS setting:

Open the BIOS of the motherboard and find a similar to OnChip SATA Type setting.  If it is currently set to AHCI, change it to SATA.

Save the new setting and try to reinstall Windows XP.

Background:

"When you try to install Windows XP or an earlier version on an AHCI compliant system, Setup fails with the error message"Setup could not detect hard drive... "because no driver will be found to access the SATA controller/s. This problem can be corrected by using a floppy disk or "slipstreaming" the drivers appropriate in the installation CD of Windows XP, or by turning on IDE emulation in the BIOS settings, if it is available (usually referred to as IDE, ATA mode or COMPATIBILITY mode [versus AHCI and RAID mode]). »

Ref: Advanced Host Controller Interface

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