IDE and AHCI question

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Assasin_Cross

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I have 2 harddisks: 1 for Windows and 1 for file storage.

The Windows one still using IDE Controller and I plan to switch to AHCI.

The question is do I need to format my storage harddisk too? or I only need to format my Windows harddisk?
 
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You do not need to format anything to switch from IDE to AHCI controller.

On the storage partition you do not need to do a anything to the drive

On the Windows drive you need to change a setting in the registry, then you can reboot and change the setting in bios and boot into windows.
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=313676

EDITED:
If the OS is windows Vista or before, you will likely need to pre-copy the AHCI driver for your motherboard into /Windows/System32 folder
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You do not need to format anything to switch from IDE to AHCI controller.

On the storage partition you do not need to do a anything to the drive

On the Windows drive you need to change a setting in the registry, then you can reboot and change the setting in bios and boot into windows.
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=313676

EDITED:
If the OS is windows Vista or before, you will likely need to pre-copy the AHCI driver for your motherboard into /Windows/System32 folder
 
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