install drivers using the "F6" method when prompted at the beginning of the install process. Strange indeed. You should have been able to set the drive to AHCI mode and install just fine. Whatever the problem was, it was not due to the SATA/AHCI/IDE mode...

Radeon HD4850 IceQ4 Turbo It has the dvd writer and hard drive from my old system in it, and a standard PS/2 keyboard and a Microsoft Habu gaming mouse (USB). I used the vista xp64 installer to repartition and format the drive and installed it, no problems....

and format my old HDD that will be used for data, and have AHCI enabled, all with only using the old HDD currently in the computer and the new one I just got. I do not have an external drive I could use for backups because then I'd just format my current drive...

manual for setting up one sata HDD (that was no help what so ever) i have tried putting the sata to raid and native ide also trye AHCI raid doesn't show any drive and AHCI and Native IDE don't show any HDD on windows installation i have also tried to load the...

or "RAID", and I take it that you currently have the configured as "AHCI", is that right? If so, then you may have painted yourself into a corner. The problem is that different Windows drivers are required depending on whether it sees the drives as AHCI...

with RAID. You can switch a drive to AHCI without dumping it - I know because I tested. The second is that the process of building the RAID necessarily destroys whatever was on the drives in the process. My understanding is that there are 'native' AHCI drivers...

x8.5. I did have to manually re-enable AHCI for my SATA bus (it is not enabled by default), but that is the only modification I made after restoring defaults. After this the system POSTed, loaded the AHCI drivers just fine, then after the OS selection menu,...

for AHCI instead of RAID, Ctrl+I does nothing. It would be much easier to setup your RAID before installing Vista. You can't easily switch the boot drive from AHCI to RAID after installing Vista. It can be done if you switch to RAID1, but you might not have...

invalid partition tables if the drive wasn't recognized by the BIOS. Windows setup won't recognize the drive without drivers if BIOS is configured to use the drive in AHCI or RAID mode. Without driver, the laptop would need to use the drive in IDE or COMPATIBILITY...

setting for AHCI when installing the OS. I just did it the ordinary way. I haven't flashed the BIOS either. My C drive is on Sata port 2_0 D drive on Sata port 2_01 DVD drive on Sata port 2_02 IDE drive on IDE My eSata ports are on Sata port 2_04 and 2_05 Nothing...