Switch from IDE to AHCI after installing Windows 7

June 21, 2018

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\msahci

Change the “Start” DWORD value from 3 to 0

windows 8 and 8.1

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\storahci

Change the “Start” DWORD value from 3 to 0