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1232912 2011-09-22 01:05:00 Hi there.
Ive some general ACHI questions.

I know it has to be enabled in bios before loading the OS if you want to use it....
but can it later be disabled , without the risk of software corruption ??

reason: issues with HD cloning software (on problem PC's)

usually I dont have an problems,
but Ive had a few issues with cloning software , just on some PC's with ACHI enabled ...
eg acronos/Seatools not loading(known issue), Live@CD copy disk leaves Win unbootable (or live@CD clone option wanting to take 9hours), Paragon wont load etc etc, Win7 PE CD wont load (needing the m/b's ACHI driver) etc etc etc

Cheers, plodding on.....
:thumbs:
1101 (13337)
1232913 2011-09-22 01:49:00 It has to be enabled in the BIOS (and the drivers installed during the install (If you use XP). Or slipstreamed. Otherwise, it'll crash with a 0x0000007b stop error. And you'll never install XP. Shouldnt be a prob if you enable AHCI / install the drivers. Then disable it. It shouldnt corrupt anything. But if you leave it disabled, then change it to AHCI later, it'll probably crash. Unless you do a registry hack in XP Speedy Gonzales (78)
1232914 2011-09-22 02:13:00 It won't cause any issues if you set it to IDE mode then boot off your acronis/seagate tools CD/USB, clone the drive, then renable it before you boot back into Windows.
I've had to do this a few times.
CYaBro (73)
1232915 2011-09-22 02:29:00 It won't cause any issues if you set it to IDE mode then boot off your acronis/seagate tools CD/USB, clone the drive, then renable it before you boot back into Windows.
I've had to do this a few times.

x2 - this is what I do too.
Agent_24 (57)
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