can i switch from IDE to ACHI without reinstalling Win7

Gnitin

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I have acer lap Aspire 5738G with win 7 OS in IDE mode, Know I want to switch from IDE to ACHI mode in win 7 in same hardware. Is't possible ? if yes how?


Thank you,
 
Solution
Yes you can.

You will need to go to regedit (Start -> type in "regedit" and press enter)
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\msahci
Double click on "Start" and enter "0" as the value
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\iaStor (Or sometimes HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\iaStorV)
And if any one of those exists set start to "0" again.

Then shut down.
DO NOT BOOT INTO WINDOWS UNTIL YOU HAVE CHANGED CONTROLLER MODES AS THIS WILL UNDO ALL THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE!!!!!
Set the HDD controller to the desired mode and boot windows, It will install the appropriate drivers for your ACHI / IDE controller.
Then it will ask you to reboot, reboot and your all done :)...

ganon11000

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Yes you can.

You will need to go to regedit (Start -> type in "regedit" and press enter)
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\msahci
Double click on "Start" and enter "0" as the value
Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\iaStor (Or sometimes HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\iaStorV)
And if any one of those exists set start to "0" again.

Then shut down.
DO NOT BOOT INTO WINDOWS UNTIL YOU HAVE CHANGED CONTROLLER MODES AS THIS WILL UNDO ALL THE WORK YOU HAVE DONE!!!!!
Set the HDD controller to the desired mode and boot windows, It will install the appropriate drivers for your ACHI / IDE controller.
Then it will ask you to reboot, reboot and your all done :)

This worked for me only 1-2 weeks ago!
 
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