New ssd, trying to switch to ahci, getting hung up on verifying dmi pool data screen.

ceasecows

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I cloned my old drive to a new ssd, with windows 7 already installed. I then made the proper registry edits to enable me to turn on ahci. After I reboot, make the changes in bios, my system is getting hung up in the verifying dmi pool data screen. My mobo is a gigabyte EP45-UD3P. Any ideas?
 
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Here's a good cloning guide. Did you follow all the necessary parameters?
http://www.howtogeek.com/97242/how-to-migrate-windows-7-to-a-solid-state-drive/

ceasecows

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All I did in the registry was change msahci from 3 to 0. What do you mean by configuration? Like, what channel the drive is?
 

ceasecows

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The installation was IDE, but I have read multiple guides where you can activate ahci mode by making a simple change in the registry, then turning on achi in the BIOS. I know this has worked for people, but I have not heard of anyone getting stuck at the verifying data screen.
 

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vitalybe

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I had the same issue which I was able to solve:

After turning AHCI on, my boot was stuck on "Verifying DMI".
After some tinkering, I found out that the "Order of Hard Drives" in the BIOS changed - Now the external USB drive was first.

After changing the order back and setting the primary Windows HD as the first boot drive, everything started working correctly.