Recent content by prosthotoothist

CarnageX, Thanks for the latest info. I have removed the "E" and renamed the partition to System Reserved and also expanded the "C" to include all of the unallocated space. So, now I should be good to go and just forget about the IDE/AHCI issues. Once I installed the new SSD, I could tell an...

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Hi CarnageX, Again, I want to thank you for taking the time to read my post and give me a very informative response. As you indicate, it seems that there is not as "simple" a solution to the IDE/AHCI issue as I would like, so I have finally decided that since I have a working computer, I will...

To all, I have just posted a new message on the Forum titled "Fresh install of Windows 7 "problems' in which I outline another approach to solving my IDE to AHCI problem. I hope that someone will respond with information that will be helpful in this endeavor. Thanks, Tom

Hello all, I need help in deciding how to proceed from my current setup. Currently I have several drives in my computer and all are HDD except for a new 1TB Samsung 850 EVO SSD onto which I cloned the “C” drive from my old HDD. I used the migration software that came with the SSD and it...

i2D, The Hal.dll file is not missing. It is actually in the System32 folder. It shows a size of 257 KB and shows a date modified of 11/20/2010. The hal.dll file that I extracted and saved from the original Windows 7 DVD shows a size of 258 KB and a date modified of 7/13/2009. I have assumed...

Hi i2D, I took your suggestion and reverted the registry settings that I had changed back to the (1) that they were originally. I then booted into safe mode and restarted and entered the BIOS and switched from IDE to AHCI. It did not work because Windows said that the "Windows...

Joe C, If Win 7 does not have native AHCI drivers, then how do you get them? Many places on the internet have indicated that they are a part of Win 7, but you have to indicate that you want them installed when you initially install Windows. This issue is getting so confusing because there...

CarnageX, No I did not. I read somewhere that doing that before changing the registry would result in a BSOD. Tom

Hello all, First of all, I have Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit installed and here is my current situation: I purchased a Samsung EVO 850 1 TB SSD recently and got it installed without any significant problems. However, I have a problem when trying to change (in the BIOS) from Ide to AHCI so that I...

Hello all, Here is a status report of my progress: 1. Got the system HDD cloned to the SSD (after 2 tries). 2. Got the changes made in the registry (to "0"). 3. Replaced the system HDD with the SSD. 4. Booted and all went well!! 5. Went into the BIOS to change IDE to AHCI for the drives...

Joe C, Good morning and thanks for your reply. I know that a fresh start is a good idea: however, I am rather paranoid about disturbing the huge number of programs and their configurations by doing a fresh install of Windows. I ordered and have received (next day) the SSD and have...

carnage, Again, thanks for the info and I will give that a try. Tom

carnageX, I don't think I was successful in getting my photos uploaded, so I went to photobucket and uploaded them there. Here are the links to them. http://i1273.photobucket.com/albums/y411/prosthotoothist/Diskmanagementphoto2_zps4b905940.jpg...

Hi carnage, Thanks for your reply and information. I have tried what you suggested, but have never seen any information about the port connections of the drives. I have created an album titled Disk management pictures and included a photo showing the list of drives and partitions and another...