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The first thing I would think of is turning off AHCI. Though the computer usually cannot detect the HDD if that is the problem.

Vista and Windows 7 install disks come with drivers for AHCI. Windows 2000 and XP do not. That is why AHCI would make a difference. On computers that are made for Vista, they usually have AHCI turned on by default.