Stephen Posted August 8, 2007 Share Posted August 8, 2007 I am getting ready to move from XP Home to Vista. My current setup is IDE. I'm thinking of switching to AHCI before I install Vista. Should I wipe the HDD first? Leave XP on the machine, make the change to AHCI and then install Vista? I've read that if you leave the OS on, change the bios from IDE to AHCI or RAID you may not be able to boot - is this true? I have the Bad Axe 2 mobo, if that makes any difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireryone Posted August 9, 2007 Share Posted August 9, 2007 This may help you decide, I don't currently know enough about it so i'll leave it up to you: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Host...oller_Interface http://www.intel.com/technology/serialata/ahci.htm fireryone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted August 9, 2007 Author Share Posted August 9, 2007 Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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