Jun 21, 2020 An old operating system like Windows 7 or XP is using IDE, but with Windows 10, you have to use Standard SATA AHCI Controller Driver. Also Read: How to Rollback Nvidia Drivers in Windows 10 It is always important and recommended to keep Standard SATA AHCI controller driver up-to-date to keep SATA drives healthy and prevent crashes. May 28, 2013 Intel 3420 chipset SATA AHCI Controller, v.8.9.0.1023, A00 Restart required This file provides the SATA AHCI driver for Intel 3420-based 11G PowerEdge systems running supported Microsoft Windows OS. Generally, Microsoft’s generic drivers are enough for proper interaction between the Hard Drive and the Operating System. But if you are facing issues with the device, the below tutorial will work for Windows 10/8.1/7 to update the SATA AHCI. Jan 23, 2020 These controller drivers are an essential component of the system as without them, you’d start experiencing trouble accessing PC drivers. It is also crucially important to keep the standard sata ahci controller driver windows, 10 drivers, up to date to avoid any early corruption of the driver. Step 4: Enable AHCI in BIOS or UEFI firmware settings, save and exit this change, and restart your computer. On boot, Windows 1ill automatically install AHCI drivers. Enable AHCI After Win 10 Installation via CMD. Step 1: Type Command Prompt in the Cortana’s search box and run Command Prompt as administrator.
If you installed Windows 10 with the disk controller set into the IDE mode in the BIOS, you cannot switch it to AHCI directly and hope that Windows will work correctly. Once you change it in the BIOS, Windows 10 will become unbootable. To avoid this, you need to follow the instructions in this article.
This operation is very simple and does not involve Registry editing or other complex tasks. You need to do the following.
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- Add 'Windows 10 safe mode' to the boot loader as described in the following articles:
- How to add Safe mode to the Boot menu in Windows 10 and Windows 8.
- After you have done this, reboot your PC and check if the Safe mode item works as expected by actually booting once into Safe Mode.
- Now, restart and press whatever key your PC needs to enter the BIOS - F2, F10, Del or whatever - it will be mentioned somewhere. Change the disk controller mode from IDE to AHCI.
- Save BIOS settings and start Windows 10 in Safe mode.
- After Windows 10 starts in the safe mode, reboot it and start it as usual. It should boot without any issues in AHCI mode.
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If it does not work, you can switch the controller back to the IDE mode and apply a registry tweak mentioned in the 'Switch from IDE to AHCI after installing Windows 7 or Windows 8' article.
That's it.