Samsung 850 SSD running IDE - how to convert to AHCI - W10

[Napoleon]

Hi guys? Title says it all, basically i have a Samsung 850 SSD running IDE and want to convert to AHCI, currentyl running windows 10 and do not want to reinstall. Allegedly there's some benefit to this, better performance or reliability?

Anyone have a good guide? I've googled a few but none are stupid proof. I'd like to think I'm a bit more savvy than the average computer user but who knows..

https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/22631-enable-ahci-windows-8-windows-10-after-installation.html

https://www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/182670-ssd-best-ide-ahci.html

Thanks for the tips!

 

[SomeGuy133]

IIRC cloning is the only way.

 

[Dreamerbydesign]

I thought there was a registry hack..

You did the registry change, reboot, change to ahci in bios, and bam.

It worked for sure in windows 7. W10 should automatically detect a ssd and install as ahci.