change XP to use AHCI disk mode rather than IDE
I have recently moved my Windows XP system disk from an older system to a newer system and it runs properly changing the driver a bit. The system disk I moved is Sata but it was accessed in IDE mode by the old system. On the new system, I want to access the disk in AHCI mode, but now I am using the Ide mode since XP will not boot this disk in AHCI mode. So, can anyone tell me how to replace the IDE drivers with AHCI drivers? Thanks.
Re: change XP to use AHCI disk mode rather than IDE
Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!
It did work for me but I had to do it the other way around. As I did not know exactly which driver I had to choose, here is a workaround for anybody else in that situation:
- select Update Driver from Device Manager as mentioned in the first reply to this post
- pick from list of device drivers on your computer
- select (Standard IDE ATA/ATAPI controller) > Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller
- restart your PC
- go into BIOS and switch your HDD controller to IDE mode
Re: change XP to use AHCI disk mode rather than IDE
If your motherboard has 2 different disk controllers, this is what worked for me:
On my P8P67 I set the Marvell controller to IDE and the Intel controller to AHCI, attached the boot drive to the Marvell controller (SATA connector) and loaded Windows (in my case XP 64). After Windows was loaded, I installed the AHCI drivers for the Intel controller and made sure it was working with my other drives. I then powered down and moved the boot drive to the Intel controller. Since Windows was now expecting AHCI on this controller, it booted right up.