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Check HDD connection mode (SATA or ATA)

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Mar 15, 202618719 views
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Is it possible under Windows 7 to check whether a particular disk is recognized by Windows as SATA or ATA? I've installed Windows 7 on an old HP laptop with SATA drive. Laptop's hdd in appeared as This hdd is the SATA drive and the chipset in the laptop definitely supports SATA. I've turned on 'Wri…

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Hitachi HTS541612J9SA00 ATA

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Fix for: Check HDD connection mode (SATA or ATA)

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Here are two ways you can determine if it's in AHCI (native) mode. Open up the Device Manager, click the View menu and select "Devices by connection". Navigate through the device tree, usually the AHCI controller is attached directly to the PCI bus.…

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