Recent content by Mark Hummel

Sorry, I didn't mean to "muddy the water." I have the choice of win7 or XP and like you wrote, the drive doesn't "care." Your tip on the drivers though does help. So to make sure I'm not confused; A reinstall is the preferred method. If win7, the drivers should be on the install disk...

Thank you Saltgrass. Actually, I did install the SDD for the other OS. When I switched my BIOS to ACHI, Win XP started to boot than BSOD and an automatic reboot (I set BIOS to autoreboot on error). I've wanted to install Win7 anyway so this is probably a good time to do so. Process: Set...

No it's not correct. I have no intention of installing Win7 onto my new SDD. As I wrote, "I recently added an SDD for another operating system..." My question is to find out which is the better solution for AHCI compatibility: Reinstalling WIN7 onto it's (original HDD) or modifying the...

Hello; My first post. I normally run Win7 from a mechanical HDD. I recently added an SDD for another operating system and changed my BIOS to configure SATA drives to AHCI. WIN7 is still on it's original HDD. Everything I've read about win7 and AHCI mode is more than a year old. Is there...