Installing XP on notebooks / laptops with SATA HDD

Dear Readers,

Very recently i had to install windows XP professional for one of the ASUS note book
(F9s Series). The Asus note book comes with Windows Vista Home Premium edition bundled. Sow how, user wants to use windows XP.

Well, on the first try , i put the booting cd and started, but somehow i can not see the HDD (eventually failed to install the XP) and can not see any drives at all. Realised that it is using SATA .

I googled to find that the ways to install by using nlite program, create another bootable CD..blah..blah..

But i somehow felt that there should be easy way to do. I went back to BIOS again and i noticed the Serial ATA was set to "Enchanced Mode", i change the settingst to "Compatible Mode". Thats all, i could install the XP Pro easily.

Hope this helps for others too.

JS