Comments on: Install Windows XP on Dell Optiplex 755 / 760 / 960 without AHCI SATA Driver

By: Paladin

Paladin — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 13:18:34 +0000

Very good instructions. It got my Optiplex 755 from ata to AHCI mode. My problem is that I can’t seem to find any Raid drivers out there. esting all I find but they all fail after I create the raid, BSOD. Trying to get Raid 1 working.

By: RamS

RamS — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:54:06 +0000

Thanks for these. Helped to get eSata working in Windows XP. Installed the new drivers, switched it bios, and that’s it, eSata came into life.

By: NotBob

NotBob — Wed, 04 Aug 2010 18:19:28 +0000

Found similar steps on 2008 thread on Technet. I kept having system failures when I selected the "Intel(r) ICH10 Family 4 port Serial ATA Storage Controller". Instead I selected the "Primary IDE Channel" (the top-most one of two with same name) and then force-installed new driver, shutdown, put in AHCI, booted successfully. I selected the Intel(r)ICH10D/D0 SATA AHCI Controller for my Optiplex 760.

By: M123

M123 — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:13:37 +0000

In case of Optiplex 960, changing the SATA operation to legacy mode helped me to install WinXP.

Press F12 to Go to boot options.-> Go to System Setup.-> Drives -> SATA Operation . Select it to “Legacy”

By: Sage

Sage — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 15:19:40 +0000

Thanks Wayne – this saved me hours of troubleshooting! I already had XP loaded, but couldn’t get my Dell 760 to recognize my external 2TB eSATA hard drive. When I read your tip I realized Dell didn’t send the PC in AHCI mode . . . downloaded the AHCI driver and it worked!

You’re the man!

Sage

By: Santiago

Santiago — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 01:39:37 +0000

Disculpa, he seguido las indicaciones para instalar este driver y no he podido hacerlo, es mas ni siquiera me aparece la opcion de “Intel(R) ICH10D/DO SATA AHCI Controller”

By: H. Harolds

H. Harolds — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:00:32 +0000

Not a bad post in any respect, would just have liked a couple of more details and some of the things explained a little more.

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Installing Windows XP on a SATA drive — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:47:43 +0000

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By: waynezim

waynezim — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:14:42 +0000

Well follow this link and select Windows XP and you should see the different categories of drivers. You will at least need to install something from the video, chipset and maybe sata categories to get those devices the correct drivers.

By: Z33

Z33 — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:59:22 +0000

Hi Wayne, need your help. After Installing the Windows XP on my Optiplex 960,there are 5 unidentified devices listed in device manager. PCI Serial Port, PCI Simple Communications Controller,SM Bus Controller,Video Controller and Video Controller (VGA COMPATIBLE). I visited Dell’s Website but none of the above drivers are listed in their downloads. Your help will be highly appreciated. Thanks