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Great got the drivers installed thanks
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Hi All,<br />
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I have installed Windows XP with the SATA mode set to IDE however I now need to swith to ACHI mode. Can you please advise how I can perform this without having to re-install Windows and useing F6 to load the driver from a disk.<br />
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Below is the Make model and driver of the desktop:<br />
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Name: Lenovo M92p <br />
Model: 2988-B1G <br />
ACHI Driver: Intel AHCI for Windows XP (32-bit) c1rad08us13 Version 11.1.0.1006
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Hi All,

I have installed Windows XP with the SATA mode set to IDE however I now need to swith to ACHI mode. Can you please advise how I can perform this without having to re-install Windows and useing F6 to load the driver from a disk.

Below is the Make model and driver of the desktop:

Name: Lenovo M92p 
Model: 2988-B1G 
ACHI Driver: Intel AHCI for Windows XP (32-bit) c1rad08us13 Version 11.1.0.1006

Enabled ACHI after Windows XP install

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