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    Studio 1535 - Win 7 AHCI Driver?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by purplegreendave, Jan 2, 2010.

  1. purplegreendave

    purplegreendave Has a notebook.

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    I'm gonna clean install Win 7 on my notebook, can someone point me in the direction of an ahci driver, as I assume I'll need it on installation like when I clean installed Vista?
     
    purplegreendave, Jan 2, 2010
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  2. OneCool

    OneCool I AM NUMBER 67

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    You shouldn't need it.
     
    OneCool, Jan 2, 2010
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  3. KingRaptor

    KingRaptor Notebook Evangelist

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    ^^^ Correct.

    Just enable AHCI in the BIOS before you pop in the Win 7 DVD. Windows 7 will automatically install the AHCI drivers if it sees the hard drive operating in AHCI mode.
     
    KingRaptor, Jan 2, 2010
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  4. purplegreendave

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    Saweet
    Cheers
     
    purplegreendave, Jan 2, 2010
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