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Reinstall on the ssd again, this time leave the other drives connected. You should get the option to boot to either drive. And each will be the C drive. I`ve done this dozens of times.
Reinstall on the ssd again, this time leave the other drives connected. You should get the option to boot to either drive. And each will be the C drive. I`ve done this dozens of times.
It is not preferable to have Windows configure a Dual Boot as it interlocks the HD's requiring major surgery to remove one. This is why we recommend unplugging existing OS HD before installing to a second HD.
Separate HD's booted via the BIOS leaves them independent to come and go as you please.
I am in the same position as Greg - I have never tried that because in my multiboot systems I run my SSDs in IDE mode. I found that the performance advantage with AHCI is minimal and I like to stay out of trouble.
But the way Greg described it should work. Set the BIOS to IDE and boot into the HDD system. There you set the registry to AHCI as described in the linked tutorial. Then you can go back to AHCI in the BIOS. Try that and let us know whether it works.
Currently, all the drives are working very well in SATA mode. I'm a little reluctant to change to AHCI if there is no perceptible difference in speed?
I might try it with the SSD and there isn't much on it at the moment and I can afford for it to go wrong.
However - one quick question - can you go back to SATA from AHCI without causing the same BSOD issues?
I guess you can if you do it in the right sequence - OS first, BIOS second.However - one quick question - can you go back to SATA from AHCI without causing the same BSOD issues?