So my question is the following: I'm going to hook up my SSD, instal windows 8 on it, then shut the computer off and hook up an HDD along with my solid state and use it as the D: drive for my files and such. The question is; I read that I should change the SATA mode for the SSD to AHCI in the BIOS, shoud I leave the SATA mode for the HDD alone?
I have had my OS installed on my HDD with the SATA mode on whatever was there by default when that was my only drive, but the OS messed up and I have to reinstall it so I'm going to wipe the HDD and install the OS on the SSD. I know you can't reformat them nicely once the OS is installed so I just want to be sure.
If it means anything I have a ASRock Z77 Extreme4 Motherboard.
Thanks
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You should see an SATA AHCI controller - right-click that one and choose 'Update driver'. Browse to the driver you downloaded and find the. From this page you can download a SATA AHCI RAID & RST Filter Floppy Image Driver ver. 14.8.0.1042 Windows 10 x64, Windows 10 x32, Windows 8.1 x64, Windows 8.1 x32, Windows 8 x64, Windows 8 x32, Windows 7 x64, Windows 7 x32 for ASRock H110M-ITX Motherboard. Fast download at high speed from HWDrivers servers in Europe.
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AHCI (Advanced Host controller) makes NCQ (Native Command Queing) along with hot-plugging or hot swapping through SATA Serial-ATA host controllers possible; Vista was the first to offer this feature. The issue with AHCI is it needs to be enabled in the BIOS prior to OS installation; doing so after you have installed the OS will disable the PC. The reason why Windows disables the AHCI drivers not needed during installation.
I would suggest you to enable AHCI after you have installed the OS if you didn't already have AHCI enable in the BIOS when you installed the OS.
Disclaimer: This section, method, or task contains steps that tells you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/ )
How to back up and restore the registry in Windows
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1. In the Windows start menu search box type regedit, right click the entry, click Run as Administrator, enter your user credentials for the UAC prompt, and then click yes to open regedit.
2. In regedit navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetservices.
3. In the left pane, click on msahci, in the right pane double click on Start to modify it.
4. In the window that opens change the value to 0 (zero), and click OK.
5. In the left pane, click on iaStorV (if there), in the right pane double click on Start to modify it. Repeat step 4, and go to step 6 below.
NOTE: From: Error message occurs after you change the SATA mode of the boot drive
6. Close Registry Editor.
7. Now you'll need to restart the PC and go into the BIOS and enable AHCI. When Windows boots up, it will finish installing the AHCI drivers.
8. You will need one final restart to finish the process after the drivers are installed.
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