IDE to AHCI

[Michael Lauderback]

I installed Windows XP to a new computer with SATA drives. In order to do so, I changed the hard drive settings in BIOS to IDE instead of AHCI. My question is, can I install SATA AHCI drivers inside of windows xp and then reset the hard drive settings in BIOS back to normal? What would I have to do in order for windows xp to boot with the SATA hard drive mode in BIOS? Thanks.

 

[4745454b]

There are tons of sites and threads about this. A simple search would have told you all you needed to know. This is the site I used when I did this.

http://tweaks.com/windows/44119/improve-sata-hard-disk-performance-convert-from-ide-to-ahci/

 

[Michael Lauderback]

There are tons of sites and threads about this. A simple search would have told you all you needed to know. This is the site I used when I did this.

http://tweaks.com/windows/44119/improve-sata-hard-disk-performance-convert-from-ide-to-ahci/

I don't have msahci under that location in regedit. I didn't slipstream the AHCI drivers in with xp. Perhaps I should have worded the question a bit differently. Is there any way to install AHCI drivers inside of windows xp?

 

[4745454b]

Yes, in the device manager.

I had issues with the registry entries as well. They were not in the location they were supposed to be. But I was able to "browse" around and find them. I just realized I did this on win7, but XP should be similar? I'm thinking that because it's XP you'll have to use the "raid" adapter settings down at the bottom.