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switch IDE to AHCI with Windows XP?
Hi, wondering if anyone knows:
I want to tell my BIOS to run my SATA hard drive in AHCI mode instead of Standard IDE mode. But when I do that, Windows XP no longer boots up (it spontaneously reboots instead). I'm wondering whether there is a way to do this without reinstalling Windows XP, and all my other software, on that hard drive. Thanks for any suggestions, one way or the other. If it helps, I have an ASUS P5GDC-V Deluxe motherboard. |
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switch IDE to AHCI with Windows XP?
Doug Kent wrote: Hi, wondering if anyone knows: I want to tell my BIOS to run my SATA hard drive in AHCI mode instead of Standard IDE mode. But when I do that, Windows XP no longer boots up (it spontaneously reboots instead). Disable "Automaticly restart" Winkey+pause-advanced-startup and recovery-Automaticly restart This will at least let you see the BSOD. I'm wondering whether there is a way to do this without reinstalling Windows XP, and all my other software, on that hard drive. Repair install would probably work. (Make a backup just in case) Thanks for any suggestions, one way or the other. If it helps, I have an ASUS P5GDC-V Deluxe motherboard. |
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switch IDE to AHCI with Windows XP?
Did you install the Intel drivers?
"Doug Kent" wrote in message ... I want to tell my BIOS to run my SATA hard drive in AHCI mode instead of Standard IDE mode. But when I do that, Windows XP no longer boots up (it spontaneously reboots instead). I'm wondering whether there is a way to do this without reinstalling Windows XP, and all my other software, on that hard drive. If it helps, I have an ASUS P5GDC-V Deluxe motherboard. |
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switch IDE to AHCI with Windows XP?
In article , "Doug Kent"
wrote: Hi, wondering if anyone knows: I want to tell my BIOS to run my SATA hard drive in AHCI mode instead of Standard IDE mode. But when I do that, Windows XP no longer boots up (it spontaneously reboots instead). I'm wondering whether there is a way to do this without reinstalling Windows XP, and all my other software, on that hard drive. Thanks for any suggestions, one way or the other. If it helps, I have an ASUS P5GDC-V Deluxe motherboard. http://support.asus.com.tw/faq/faq_r...Language=en-us "Question After I installed the OS, I configured my SATA as "AHCI" in IDE Configuration under Main in BIOS. Then my computer cannot get into the OS. What is wrong? Answer Congiure SATA as AHCI can turn on SATA's advanced features. However, your SATA HDD must support AHCI. Please ask your HDD manufacturer to determine whether your SATA HDD supports AHCI. If you installed your OS with your SATA configured as Standard IDE, you will not be able to get into OS if SATA HDD is re-configured as AHCI in BIOS. You must install your OS with your SATA HDD configured as AHCI. Your computer will*be able to resume normal operation by changing SATA configuration back to Standard IDE mode in BIOS." Based on that, it sounds like a repair install, with an F6 driver install of an AHCI compatible driver, might fix it. Paul |
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switch IDE to AHCI with Windows XP?
Thanks for that, I had actually already seen it, but was fishing for a
second opinion. What I'm wondering now is whether a repair install of windows xp would do it, or whether it requires a completely new installation. Other folks kindly responding to this thread are suggesting that a new installation is likely required. |
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switch IDE to AHCI with Windows XP?
"Doug Kent" wrote in message
Thanks for that, I had actually already seen it, but was fishing for a second opinion. What I'm wondering now is whether a repair install of windows xp would do it, or whether it requires a completely new installation. Other folks kindly Those you need to watch out for. responding to this thread are suggesting that a new installation is likely required. |
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switch IDE to AHCI with Windows XP?
"Paul" wrote in message
In article , "Doug Kent" wrote: Hi, wondering if anyone knows: I want to tell my BIOS to run my SATA hard drive in AHCI mode instead of Standard IDE mode. But when I do that, Windows XP no longer boots up (it spontaneously reboots instead). I'm wondering whether there is a way to do this without reinstalling Windows XP, and all my other software, on that hard drive. Thanks for any suggestions, one way or the other. If it helps, I have an ASUS P5GDC-V Deluxe motherboard. http://support.asus.com.tw/faq/faq_r...Language=en-us "Question After I installed the OS, I configured my SATA as "AHCI" in IDE Configuration under Main in BIOS. Then my computer cannot get into the OS. What is wrong? Answer Congiure SATA as AHCI can turn on SATA's advanced features. However, your SATA HDD must support AHCI. Please ask your HDD manufacturer to determine whether your SATA HDD supports AHCI. If you installed your OS with your SATA configured as Standard IDE, you will not be able to get into OS if SATA HDD is re-configured as AHCI in BIOS. You must install your OS with your SATA HDD configured as AHCI. Your computer will be able to resume normal operation by changing SATA configuration back to Standard IDE mode in BIOS." Someone mangled that very incomprehensibly. Based on that, it sounds like a repair install, with an F6 driver install of an AHCI compatible driver, might fix it. Paul |
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switch IDE to AHCI with Windows XP?
They are blithering idiots. A drive cannot be AHCI.
Did you install Intel's driver? "Paul" wrote in message ... "Question After I installed the OS, I configured my SATA as "AHCI" in IDE Configuration under Main in BIOS. Then my computer cannot get into the OS. What is wrong? Answer Congiure SATA as AHCI can turn on SATA's advanced features. However, your SATA HDD must support AHCI. Please ask your HDD manufacturer to determine whether your SATA HDD supports AHCI. If you installed your OS with your SATA configured as Standard IDE, you will not be able to get into OS if SATA HDD is re-configured as AHCI in BIOS. You must install your OS with your SATA HDD configured as AHCI. Your computer will be able to resume normal operation by changing SATA configuration back to Standard IDE mode in BIOS." Based on that, it sounds like a repair install, with an F6 driver install of an AHCI compatible driver, might fix it. Paul |
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switch IDE to AHCI with Windows XP?
OK, I found I was able to do an "F6" Windows XP reinstall (note the "re" on
the front of that!) and convert the drive to RAID (Intel Matrix Storage Technology). RAID is where I was headed via AHCI anyways, but I found I could go straight to RAID without messing with ACHI. Still several hours of work, but a heck of a lot better than reinstalling all my applications. Thanks for all the helpful suggestions! |
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switch IDE to AHCI with Windows XP?
I should probably be clear that when I said "reinstall" I meant "repair
install", and *not* using the recovery console. |
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