Gem Premium Member join:2005-09-10 |
Gem
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2013-Nov-11 1:42 pm
How to tell if W8 hard drive is set up in IDE or AHCI mode?Is there anyway in Windows 8 to detect if a drive is set to AHCI mode?
Is that revealed in Computer Management or in Device Manager or anywhere else?
Registry perhaps? |
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EUSKill cancer Premium Member join:2002-09-10 canada |
EUS
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2013-Nov-11 2:02 pm
Don't know about win8, but when I switched win7 to AHCI, all the hard drives, including c:\ became listed under 'removable drives' menu item in the taskbar. |
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dave Premium Member join:2000-05-04 not in ohio |
dave
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2013-Nov-11 2:10 pm
That's not normal. |
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EUSKill cancer Premium Member join:2002-09-10 canada |
EUS
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2013-Nov-11 2:17 pm
No? Then please disregard. |
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dave Premium Member join:2000-05-04 not in ohio |
dave
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2013-Nov-11 2:18 pm
Not according to the Windows 7 machines I have running fixed disks through storage controllers in AHCI mode, no. None of them show fixed AHCI disks as removable. |
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Gem Premium Member join:2005-09-10 |
Gem to EUS
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2013-Nov-11 2:19 pm
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said by dave:That's not normal. But in addition to that, main question is how to tell, if we can in W7 or W8, how a hard drive is setup, i.e. AHCI or not? |
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dave Premium Member join:2000-05-04 not in ohio |
dave
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2013-Nov-11 2:26 pm
I think it's pretty reasonable to guess that a fixed disk being listed as 'removable' is not normal. main question is how to tell ... I'm not able to answer that until I get home to look at computers there (and perhaps not even then). Meanwhile, though, is there some reason you can't look in the BIOS? FWIW, I believe it's the controller that's in AHCI/IDE mode, not the individual disk. |
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EUSKill cancer Premium Member join:2002-09-10 canada |
EUS to dave
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2013-Nov-11 2:27 pm
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Could've sworn that by design, enabling AHCI on sata ports enabled hotswapping. |
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dave Premium Member join:2000-05-04 not in ohio |
dave
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2013-Nov-11 2:28 pm
Could be controller-dependent. My internal desktop SATA ports don't support hotswapping. |
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EUSKill cancer Premium Member join:2002-09-10 canada |
EUS
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2013-Nov-11 2:30 pm
Either way, you're right that if OP checks the BIOS, it should say. |
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David Premium Member join:2002-05-30 Granite City, IL |
David to Gem
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2013-Nov-11 3:17 pm
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on my laptops it's listed under BIOS. |
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