{"id":422,"date":"2016-06-16T17:40:41","date_gmt":"2016-06-16T22:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/triplescomputers.com\/blog\/?p=422"},"modified":"2017-08-02T10:14:16","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T15:14:16","slug":"solution-switch-windows-10-from-raidide-to-ahci-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.triplescomputers.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/solution-switch-windows-10-from-raidide-to-ahci-operation\/","title":{"rendered":"SOLUTION: Switch Windows 10 from RAID\/IDE to AHCI operation"},"content":{"rendered":"

PSA:\u00a0<\/strong>You\u00a0should not\u00a0<\/strong>be attempting these fixes unless you’re a professional! \u00a0And it goes without saying, you will ALWAYS need your local admin password, recovery media, and backups of your data before fooling around with low-level storage driver configuration — or really anything else for that matter. \u00a0See the comments section below for examples of a couple of people who ran into mishaps after encountering other underlying issues or forgetting their admin password before starting the process. \u00a0PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!<\/em><\/p>\n

It’s not uncommon to find a system on which RAID drivers have been installed and something like the Intel<\/em> Rapid Storage Technology<\/em> package is handling storage devices, but where an SSD might require AHCI operation for more optimal performance or configurability. In these cases, there is in fact a way to switch <\/em>operation from either IDE or RAID to AHCI within Windows 10 without having to reinstall. \u00a0Here’s how.<\/p>\n

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  1. Right-click the Windows Start Menu. Choose Command Prompt (Admin)<\/strong>.\n
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    1. If you don’t see Command Prompt listed, it’s because you have already been updated to a later version of Windows. \u00a0If so, use this method instead to get to the Command Prompt:\n
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      1. Click the Start Button and type cmd<\/strong><\/li>\n
      2. Right-click the result and select Run as administrator<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
      3. Type this command and press ENTER: bcdedit \/set {current} safeboot minimal<\/strong>\n
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        1. If this command does not work for you, try\u00a0bcdedit \/set safeboot minimal<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
        2. Restart the computer and enter BIOS Setup (the key to press varies between systems).<\/li>\n
        3. Change the SATA Operation mode to AHCI from either IDE or RAID (again, the language varies).<\/li>\n
        4. Save changes and exit Setup and Windows will automatically boot to Safe Mode.<\/li>\n
        5. Right-click the Windows Start Menu once more. Choose Command Prompt (Admin)<\/strong>.<\/li>\n
        6. Type this command and press ENTER: bcdedit \/deletevalue {current} safeboot<\/strong>\n
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          1. If you had to try the alternate command above, you will likely need to do so here also:\u00a0bcdedit \/deletevalue safeboot<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
          2. Reboot once more and Windows will automatically start with AHCI drivers enabled.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            That’s all there is to it! \u00a0Special thanks to Toobad here for outlining this procedure.<\/p>\n

            Update 8\/2\/17: \u00a0<\/strong>Thanks also to\u00a0Aalaap Ghag for clarification of instructions for those who have already updated to the Creators Update. \u00a0Thanks also to those who wrote in about removing {current} to make this work for some users.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            PSA:\u00a0You\u00a0should not\u00a0be attempting these fixes unless you’re a professional! \u00a0And it goes without saying, you will ALWAYS need your local admin password, recovery media, and backups of your data before fooling around with low-level storage driver configuration — or really … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[204,207,76,208,205,190,206],"class_list":["post-422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ahci","tag-bios","tag-drivers","tag-setup","tag-ssd","tag-storage","tag-windows"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.triplescomputers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.triplescomputers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.triplescomputers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.triplescomputers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.triplescomputers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.triplescomputers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.triplescomputers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.triplescomputers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.triplescomputers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}