I created a system image on an AHCI system, then I replaced the hard drives & re-imaged the system. Now Windows won't boot in AHCI mode, it has to be it IDE mode. Why is it not booting in AHCI mode?
Dell laptop E5500 running windows 7 x64.
DVD ROM appears in device manager after start up for a few seconds then disappears. Showing Error Code 45 (not connected to computer)
Earlier this evening it also showed error code 10 (device cannot start)
Opening and closing the tray prompts it...
I installed an OCZ "Vertex" 60GB SSD as my C: Drive with a magnetic drive for files and backup.
I now get to the Sign-on screen in 20sec. And everything launches super-quick. I like it!
Only one glitch: The SSD did not like AHCI mode at all and locked-up repeatedly. I reconfigured the BIOS back...