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I just put together a brand new PC build with all new components. In the middle of a custom install of Windows 7 on the HDD (the system only has one 1TB 7200rpm toshiba HDD), the installation screen went blank and the computer restarted. After restarting, the monitor displayed bootdisk mgr...

I did a major rebuild last year which included Samsung 830 series 128Gb SSD as OS, apps and programs plus 1tb WD HDD as storage. Samsung Magician shows that AHCI is not enabled and suggests that this is slowing the PC. Device Manager shows IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers as; Intel(R) 7...

Hello i could use some help. Ive been trying to install Windows 8 on a secondary computer for a few days now from a bootable USB drive and i cant get it too install. It just gets stuck on the purple screen saying Setup Files loading. Im trying to install it on a older motherboard (Asus Rampage 2...

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...

If you are reading this post than you already know the answer: neither Sony nor NVIDIA have given you the blessing to install Windows 7 64 bit. So officially it is not approved or supported by booth companies. Well then, the question is can you do it? The answer is yes, absolutely! Will there...

Hello, I recently bought a 120gb OCZ Agility SSD for my desktop build. I installed the SSD into the case and used my $40 promotional Windows 8 64-bit Pro copy on the new SSD. The install and initial setup went fine. Except I could not find the "memory remapping" option in my BIOS anywhere! Nor...

I recently bought an SSD and reinstalled windows with my SATA set to AHCI instead of IDE, but ever since then I can't get my External HDD to show up anywhere, not even in disk management. It makes a noise when I plug it in, but that's it. I tried it on another computer running Windows 7 and it...

GIGABYTE - Motherboard - Socket 1155 - GA-P61-S3 (rev. 2.0) Ive installed the rest of the drivers provided by manufacturer except the SATA RAID/AHCI ones.The Intel Rapid Storage Technology gave me an error that I dont meet the system requirements so I no longer insisted with the others...

Anybody else seen this behavior? Why would changing a SATA controller to a different mode (AHCI to RAID) cause Windows to become deactivated? No Hard Drive changes were made. I will give it some time to see if it comes back, but this is strange. I do have Media Center installed, possibly the...

I am truly hoping this is a very fundamental kind of problem. I do not understand why this is happening. I have installed windows 7 on many of these Lenovo G560's. They are standard from the factory. I had JUST setup this one particular laptop myself a couple months ago. Now the customer...

Hi! I purchased a vizio all in one desktop model CA24-A2 , with windows 7 installed. I upgraded it to windows 8, but decided to return back to windows 7 because the Metro UI always crashes on me. I purchased a windows 7 disc and booted the computer off the disc. When the installation asks...

Hi there, I had been trying since the past 2 days to install windows XP professional 64 bit in my sony vaio (vpceb3gfg) running windows 8 release preview. I downloaded the windows XP pro x64 and slipstreamed it using nLite to integrate the iaStor.sys controller driver to include support for SATA...

Hi everyone, I went from an OEM to a custom built PC with just the graphic card remaining from that OEM system. For most of the time, I experienced BSODs when booting up, but also several times from within Windows, idling or under load. I figured the mistake (no AHCI in BIOS) and made a clean OS...

Lenovo Y460P running windows 7 home premium, 750gb hdd. Ok, so I just bought one of the 120gb Intel 330 series SSD's. I also bought a notebook HDD caddy so I could replace my dvd drive with this ssd. I was successful in replacing the dvd drive with the ssd, and was able to install games and play...

Turn AHCI on Trim on: cmd/fsutil behavior query DisableDeleteNotify=0 System Restore to Off Drive Indexing-Explorer/right click SSD drive & select properties/Disable “Allow files on this drive, etc. Paging File=Right click computer/adv...

W8 may run well for several days, but occasionally hangs for 30' to minutes. Mouse is usable and some window switching is possible, but during the freeze it's essentially dead. Occurs randomly while in browser, other programs, file manager, etc. Sometimes, but not always, a window reports...

i have an ASUS M5A88-M motherboard, and a Western Digital WD2503ABYX HDD. i am trying to make that drive work in AHCI mode, but when I try, the disk won't boot. i think the HDD is AHCI compatble, tho not certain. i went into the registry to set a value=o for the relevant AHCI parameter, but...

I have an Intel Motherboard which I am changing to a Gigabyte one. If I were to do this myself, I would take proper steps to insure that Windows will boot with the new hardware. I would update my Intel Sata controller driver to a Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller. Then, SHUTDOWN the...

Hello, I have recently purchased a new pc. Specs: Gigabyte GA-A55M-S2H AMD A4 3400 4GB RAM Western Digital 500GB HDD Samsung DVDWBD SH-B083L ATA RADEON HD 4670 AWARD BIOS v6 I wanted to have a dual boot setup using Windows 7 Home Edition and Windows XP (neither are OEM) using 2...

Hi guys, I have a WD Caviar Black 1TB and a Seagate Baracuda 320 GB HDDs in AHCI mode and I was wondering, is the installation of Intel RST in fact needed and if so, why? Thank you, J