AHCI

[Simmonz]

I just noticed recently that my SATA was set to IDE instead of AHCI. Is it worth my time to format/reload over this ? I mean from a performance standpoint. If I gain a tiny bit of speed the I will wait until I get Windows 8 but if it is a decent boost then I would do it sooner.

 

[KENNYB]

You don't need to reinstall to switch to using AHCI.

 

[staticlag]

If its your system drive then yes you should re-install windows.

If its a non-system drive then you don't need to do anything

 

[_Gea]

If its your system drive then yes you should re-install windows.

If its a non-system drive then you don't need to do anything

You can change it without reinstall

http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/9...o-ahci-without-repairingreinstalling-windows/

 

[Simmonz]

You can change it without reinstall

http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/9...o-ahci-without-repairingreinstalling-windows/

Thank you. That worked great.