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HDD moved from an IDE system to an AHCI system - problems?

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nine9s

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I just built a new computer with an SSD drive. So far I only have an SSD on it. Now that I am finished setting that computer up, I plan to move a data HDD, from another system, to it. That HDD was used in a system with the BIOS set to IDE, whereas in my new system the BIOS has drives set to AHCI.

I want to check before I move the HDD over:

Will there be any problems with installing that HDD to the new system? Will it and all its files and folders be fine in the new AHCI system?
 
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AFAIK, its only the boot and system\OS drive that you have to worry about with moving from ACHI to IDE or vice versa.....as they use different HALs!
 
SolMiester said:
AFAIK, its only the boot and system\OS drive that you have to worry about with moving from ACHI to IDE or vice versa.....as they use different HALs!
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Correct. Once Windows loads up, it has no problems accessing drives irrespective of whether the BIOS is ACHI / Legacy etc., and whether the drives are connected vai IDE, SATA, RAID, SCSI and so on (although some SCSI and RAID controllers will need drivers).
 
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