I had to reformat my Amilo Pro V2085 HDD due to a virus. I used a Win XP original installation CD-ROM but received the folowing error message "Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer". After researching the internet for a solution I opted for disabling the AHCI configuration mainly because the slipstreaming of a new install cd with the SATA driver is beyond my expertise. I don't even know where to find the driver for my system. Anyway, the disabling of the AHCI config seemed to work. I could boot from the CD and I have managed a new install of XP. I then tried to enable AHCI again but when I start up all i get is the blue screen telling me an error occured.
What effect, if any, will disabling the AHCI config have on my PC? What should I look out for? I have noticed that the system has crashed a few times but i'm putting this down to the Avast AV software that I have installed. Will my PC run any differently with AHCI disabled?
I would really appreciate any guidance on this. Thanks