SATA Mode IDE or AHCI when you have a SSD drive?

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  1. Posts : 20
    windows 7
       #1

    SATA Mode IDE or AHCI when you have a SSD drive?


    Hi

    I bought a ASUS P8H61-M LX Mother board for core i3 processor and a ADATA S510 6GB/s 60GB SSD

    currently i have maxtor 250GB Hard disk and BIOS SATA mode is set to IDE.

    To get maximum performance should i install windows on SSD ?

    which SATA mode should i use in BIOS settings?


    Regards
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  2. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #2

    extremed said:

    To get maximum performance should i install windows on SSD ?

    which SATA mode should i use in BIOS settings?

    Yes.

    AHCI.
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  3. Posts : 4,751
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1
       #3

    extremed said:
    Hi

    I bought a ASUS P8H61-M LX Mother board for core i3 processor and a ADATA S510 6GB/s 60GB SSD

    currently i have maxtor 250GB Hard disk and BIOS SATA mode is set to IDE.

    To get maximum performance should i install windows on SSD ?

    which SATA mode should i use in BIOS settings?


    Regards
    AHCI is what you want. Read this tutorial for step by step on installation
    SSD - Install and Transfer the Operating System
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  4. Posts : 20
    windows 7
    Thread Starter
       #4

    Thanks for the quick response, in am following tutorial now

    is it good idea to partition a SSD?
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  5. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #5

    SSDs are only relevant for the OS and the programs. Would be a waste to use them for Data. AHCI has to be set in the BIOS and in Windows7. AHCI : Enable in Windows 7 / Vista
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  6. Posts : 12,012
    Windows 7 Home Premium SP1, 64-bit
       #6

    extremed said:
    Thanks for the quick response, in am following tutorial now

    is it good idea to partition a SSD?
    Not unless the SSD is large enough to easily hold all of your data as well as Windows.
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  7. Posts : 4,751
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1
       #7

    whs said:
    SSDs are only relevant for the OS and the programs. Would be a waste to use them for Data. AHCI has to be set in the BIOS and in Windows7. AHCI : Enable in Windows 7 / Vista
    Does the Paragon Migrate program do all of the registry work in the tutorial above?
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  8. Posts : 6,349
    Windows7 Pro 64bit SP-1; Windows XP Pro 32bit
       #8

    bigmck said:
    whs said:
    SSDs are only relevant for the OS and the programs. Would be a waste to use them for Data. AHCI has to be set in the BIOS and in Windows7. AHCI : Enable in Windows 7 / Vista
    Does the Paragon Migrate program do all of the registry work in the tutorial above?
    Everything but settting to AHCI in bios and Windows.

    Those are two seperate operations. Easy in Windows.
    Bios is usually easy if you read the motherboard manual first.
    Where to locate the setting instead of getting the manual after searching.

    Set AHCI in bios then in Windows.
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  9. Posts : 4,751
    Windows 7 Home Premium 32-Bit - Build 7600 SP1
       #9

    Glad you are there Hoppy. I am going to be doing this over the weekend. Is this the order? Install SSD, run Paragon, change to AHCI in Windows then shut down, change boot order and change to AHCI in bios. is that right? Thanks, == After looking at the tutorial WHS has above, do I need to do all of the registry hacks to change to AHCI in Windows?
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  10. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       #10

    bigmck said:
    Glad you are there Hoppy. I am going to be doing this over the weekend. Is this the order? Install SSD, run Paragon, change to AHCI in Windows then shut down, change boot order and change to AHCI in bios. is that right? Thanks, == After looking at the tutorial WHS has above, do I need to do all of the registry hacks to change to AHCI in Windows?
    You got the right sequence. The one and only registry hack for AHCI is simple if you follow BFK's tutorial.
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