AHCI on Windows if BIOS does not have the option but all hardware does support it?

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Published on 2012-12-16T10:27:59Z Indexed on 2012/12/16 11:09 UTC
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Is it somehow possible to use AHCI on Windows if the BIOS does not have the option to enable it? This is a known problem especially on mid-old Laptops that have chipsets and drives that perfectly support SATA and AHCI, but only provide the legacy IDE mode in BIOS. Especially with SSD's this can often be a problem.

I know that Linux has no problems to run everything in SATA and AHCI mode on these machines.

So, is there any possibility to also make Windows "override" the BIOS?

Some kind of alternative BIOS's, drivers, etc? Or some kind of Linux-based boot module that emulates an AHCI-capable BIOS to Windows while booting up?

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