Changing it now will likely require a reinstall of Windows, at least it did for me the last time I tried it a few years ago. That's because windows uses different drivers to read from an AHCI disk and those are establishing during setup.
--------- Brian On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 12:47 PM, Steve Tomporowski <didym...@gmail.com>wrote: > Has anyone seen this SSD guide? > > http://thessdreview.com/ssd-**guides/optimization-guides/** > the-ssd-optimization-guide-2/<http://thessdreview.com/ssd-guides/optimization-guides/the-ssd-optimization-guide-2/> > > It's interesting that just about everything he suggests is qualified by > 'it may or may not be necessary'. > > While on that subject, is AHCI necessary? I never noticed my main system > (P55 chipset) was not in AHCI mode. And I'm not sure how dangerous/safe it > is to change it now. > > Steve > > > On 5/5/2013 9:02 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: > >> Depends....if it is going in a laptop....most folks just put everything >> on the SSD. I have a 256 GB SSD in my thinkpad, so everything goes on the >> SSD. >> >> On my desktop, I used to have a 160GB SSD...so only Windows and programs >> went on the SSD...all documents and stuff went on the d drive, which is a >> hard drive. I now have a 500 GB SSD, but I still put non-programs on the >> hard drive. >> >> As you know, many laptops come with SSDs only....no need to worry about >> writes...unless you are doing something waaaayyy outside of normal. >> >> I got my first SSD in Jan 2011...that drive is still working great! >> >> On 5/4/2013 9:25 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: >> >>> I've just bought my first SSD. Should I be moving folders like >>> Documents and Libraries to another drive? Whats the current status on >>> that? I read it both ways over the last couple of years. >>> >>> Thanks...Steve >>> >>> >> >
