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    AHCI/IDE drivers for DELL Studio

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by gopangnair, Jan 29, 2009.

  1. gopangnair

    gopangnair Newbie

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    I am trying to dual boot DELL Studio-15 with Win-XP & Vista.

    This Notebook BIOS has two options for hard-disk. AHCI or IDE. Vista got installed with AHCI option. For installing XP, I had to change BIOS option to IDE.

    Now, while dual booting, I have to swap these settings before choosing XP or Vista. That means I have to select IDE option to boot with XP and AHCI option to boot with Vista. Where could I find the correct Intel Matrix Storage Manager Drivers for XP ? And how to install them ?

    In Vista Device Manager I have following driver :
    ICH9M/M-E 4 port Serial SATA AHCI Controller- 2929
    In Win XP, Device Manager it shows :
    ICH9M/M-E 2 port Serial ATA Storage Controller 1 - 2928
     
    gopangnair, Jan 29, 2009
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  2. LPTP-LVR

    LPTP-LVR Notebook Deity

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    You have to maunually install the AHCI driver in xp...just browse to the .inf file when installing drivers through device manager.

    AND...try a search on the forum first! This topic has been covered a LOT
     
    LPTP-LVR, Jan 30, 2009
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