snio017 ‘SOLUTION: Switch Windows 10 fern RAIDIIDE to AHC! operation | Trple-S Computers Blog Louisville, KY computer repair specialist SOLUTION: Switch Windows 10 from RAID/IDE to AHCI operation Posted on June 16, 2016 It’s not uncommon to find a system on which RAID drivers have been installed and something like the Inte! Rapid Storage Technology package is handling storage devices, but where an SSD might require AHC! operation for more optimal performance or configurability. In these cases, there is in fact a way to switch operation from either IDE or RAID to AHCI within Windows 10 without having to reinstall. Here's how. Right-click the Windows Start Menu, Choose Command Prompt (Admin). ‘Type this command and press ENTER: bededit /set {current} safeboot minimal Restart the computer and enter BIOS Setup (the key to press varies between systems). Change the SATA Operation mode to AHCI from either IDE or RAID (again, the language varies). Rene Save changes and exit Setup and Windows will automatically boot to Safe Mode. Right-click the Windows Start Menu once more, Choose Command Prompt (Admin) Type this command and press ENTER: bededit /deletevalue {current} safeboot Reboot once more and Windows will automatically start with AHCI drivers enabled. ‘That's all there is to it! Special thanks to Toobad here for outlining this procedure. Donate to say "Thanks" if this post has helped save you time and money! @ BS «fee This entry was posted in Uncategorized and tagged ahci, bios, drivers, setup, ssd, storage, windows by Stove Schardein, Bookmark the permalink [http://tripescomputers.com/blog/uncategorized/solution-switch-windows-10-from-raidide- to-ahci-operation/] 40 THOUGHTS ON “SOLUTION: H WINDOWS 10 FROM RAIDVIDE TO AHCI OPERATION" Colin on October 12, 2016 at 7:22 pm said: ‘Thank you very much hnpitiplescomputers.comiblogluncatagerizedsdtior-switeh-windaws-10-rom-raiide-to-aei-opertion’ 1011102017 SOLUTION: Switch Windows 10 fern RAIDIIDE to AHC! operation | Trple-S Computers Blog— Louisville, KY computer epair specialist bushi on October 27, 2016 at 12:11 pm said Biue screen and endless repairing disk cycles for me @ (single disk to no actual raid was ever on, but maybe some interaction with the SSHD being to used to accelerate perf?). @ Asus P277-v MB ‘Steve Schardein (on October 27, 2016 at 12:26 pm said: If the disk repair operations are taking a particularly long time, I'd have my money on a mechanically failing drive actually “Steve Ryan on November 21, 2016 at 2:01 pm said: ‘Thank you so much for these clear and simple instructions. | had no idea it was this easy to avoid having to reinstall Windows! Man boy on December 11, 2016 at 10:39 pm said Wow thanks! | thought disabling SRT in windows then in bios switching to ahci was ‘enough but nope. This did it. Thanks hnpitiplescomputers.comiblogluncategerizedsdtion-switeh-windaws-10-rom-raiide-to-aei-opertion!11102017 SOLUTION: Switch Windows 10 fern RAIDIIDE to AHC! operation | Trple-S Computers Blog— Louisville, KY computer epair specialist Grain on December 13, 2016 at 3:06 pm said: | used msconfig to boot into and out of safe mode, therefore not needing to edit the registry. Was able to change from RAID to AHCI, thanks! Steve Schard on December 13, 2016 at 4:19 pm said: No registry editing, i's Command Prompt. Either way though, good stuff. Zach on Decombor 14, 2016 at 4:13 pm said: This helped a lot. Thanks @ w Mark on December 30, 2016 at 3:45 am said: does not work for me.. it says: PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> bededit /set {current} safeboot minimal ‘The set command specified is not valid. Run “bcdedit /2" for command line assistance. ‘The parameter is incorrect. ‘Steve Schardein (on December 30, 2016 at 8:00 am said: hnpitiplescomputers.comiblogluncategerizedsdtion-switeh-windaws-10-rom-raiide-to-aei-opertion!