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    Switching AHCI to ATA

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by Xsonic, Jul 11, 2012.

  1. Xsonic

    Xsonic Notebook Consultant

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    Hi guys,
    I recently discovered that there might be hardware issues with either my mobo or my HDD(kinda unlikely). I started receiving HDD errors on Win7 and I decided to head to BIOS and noticed there was no HDD recognized.

    So I switched from AHCI to ATA mode in the BIOS and the hard drive appeared :confused: . The problem now is whenever I proceed to windows, BSOD appears while loading and system restarts so I'm forced to go back to AHCI mode and have that annoying popup appear whenever I start Win7(64-bit).

    I scanned the Hard Drive using different tools from the windows checkdisk utility, formatting, HDD Regenerator, etc. and shown no errors.

    I can still play games normally lol. My warranty has been expired for a year already.

    Anyway, is there a way to switch to ATA mode without formatting? Thanks.

    EDIT: Oh I found the solution, nvm about my post lol.
     
    Xsonic, Jul 11, 2012
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