Windows Server 2012 R2 switching to ACHI after installing with IDE enabled in the BIOS

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Anybody who has ever done this knows you won't get back into Windows. I went searching for a solution and found tons of them and they all involved editing a registry entry that does not exist in Windows Server 2012 R2. So I kept looking and stumbled upon this web page -

https://www.codewrecks.com/post/old...2012-r2-switching-to-ahci-after-installation/​


Answer was as simple as rebooting the server, go into the BIOS, change the SATA controller to ACHI. Then boot the server into safe mode. Then do a normal reboot. Problem solved.

I spent hours on this problem so I thought I'd post it here it hopes that it might save some other poor soul some time, grief and aggravation.
 
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Deadjasper said:
Anybody who has ever done this knows you won't get back into Windows. I went searching for a solution and found tons of them and they all involved editing a registry entry that does not exist in Windows Server 2012 R2. So I kept looking and stumbled upon this web page -

https://www.codewrecks.com/post/old...2012-r2-switching-to-ahci-after-installation/​


Answer was as simple as rebooting the server, go into the BIOS, change the SATA controller to ACHI. Then boot the server into safe mode. Then do a normal reboot. Problem solved.

I spent hours on this problem so I thought I'd post it here it hopes that it might save some other poor soul some time, grief and aggravation.
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It's the same fix for Windows 10, I'm actually surprised you've never come across it before.
 
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