Reinstalling Windows For AHCI Support

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  1. Comicsnut
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    Kaktussoft said:
    Anyway... try Make Windows 7 bootable after motherboard swap
    (first set BIOS to AHCI)
    I'm going to give that a shot as well.

    However, where is the SATA driver for my hard drive located? C:\Windows\inf?
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  3. Comicsnut
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    Sorry for three posts in a row...but are you familiar with booting to a Macrium rescue disc and running the repair boot options? I use that many times when there is a messed up MBR or when cloning a drive to a new drive and the clone won't boot.
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    Not familiar. But I think it only fixes drive lettering in registry. And boot menu.
    But did safe mode work? Did Make Windows 7 bootable after motherboard swap work?
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    Comicsnut said:
    Kaktussoft said:
    Anyway... try Make Windows 7 bootable after motherboard swap
    (first set BIOS to AHCI)
    I'm going to give that a shot as well.

    However, where is the SATA driver for my hard drive located? C:\Windows\inf?
    Why special SATA driver? The generic one is fine.... it least it should work. You can update driver later.
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