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Stuck at "Starting windows.." when switching to AHCI mode
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Mar 15, 20264878 viewsConfidence Score0%
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I had a Windows 7 system working fine in AHCI mode and decided to change the motherboard to another brand. I created an image of the boot drive. I changed the motherboard which runs in IDE mode by default. Restored the image and Windows 7 boots up fine. i decided then to switch to AHCI mode. Verifi…
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HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Msahci
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Fix for: Stuck at "Starting windows.." when switching to AHCI mode
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What are the motherboards in question? If there's a chipset difference, this could be the problem...that registry key just tells Windows that it should load an AHCI driver if you're running in AHCI mode (note that you can change it and continue to b…
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