cannot find HD installing windows on R60e

problem:
tried to install a fresh copy of windows on a thinkpad R60e, setup would eventually give me this error:
setup did not find any hard disk drives installed on your computer

It turns out that this is a problem with windows setup not recognizing any SATA drives during install.

Solution:
While poeple on teh nets all talk about using a floppy and installing SATA drivers from this floppy, i found this solution unacceptable.

Fortunately the thinkpad R60 (and perhaps many other computers) have an option in the BIOS that enables SATA compatibility mode. Enabling this mode solved my problem. Yey 2 hours wasted!