John Baboval Wrote: >I assume Windows 7 or newer? > >In order to speed boot time, Windows will remove the AHCI driver from the >critical driver database when you boot with no AHCI controller on the bus. If >you later want >to switch to AHCI mode, you have to boot with IDE again, and >re-add the AHCI driver, reboot, and then reboot again with QEMU AHCI enabled. > >To do this on Windows 7, set >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\msahci\Start to 0 To do >this on Windows 8, delete the entire >StartOverride key under >HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\services\storahci > >Good luck.
John, Yes, I'm running Windows 7. Your solution worked. Thanks.
