Crucial MX100 installed - what next?

kration · 21 Sep 2016 at 21:00

I've just installed a Crucial MX100 256GB SSD that I've had lying around for ages into a basic Acer laptop, and it has made a massive difference in speed

The Samsung SSD on my main PC has Magician running - is there a Crucial equivalent that I should install? I've checked on the Crucial website and it doesn't seem so, but thought I'd check on here.

And just generally, are there any other bits I need to check/install when moving from HD to SSD on a Win 10 laptop?

It all seems to be working OK though...

AthlonXP1800 · 22 Sep 2016 at 09:13

Yes there is a Crucial software similar to Samsung Magician called Crucial Storage Executive, I cant believed it was so very easy to find it on Crucial website that you cant find it. :eek:

Here the link below.

http://uk.crucial.com/gbr/en/support-storage-executive

hyperseven · 22 Sep 2016 at 09:48

make sure you are set to AHCI mode for SATA in the BIOS.

kration · 22 Sep 2016 at 10:12

hyperseven said:
make sure you are set to AHCI mode for SATA in the BIOS.

Cheers.

In 'Device Manager' in Windows 10, under "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" I get "Standard SATA AHCI Controller".

Does that mean that AHCI is enabled for the drive?

Maundie · 22 Sep 2016 at 11:37

kration said:
Cheers.

In 'Device Manager' in Windows 10, under "IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers" I get "Standard SATA AHCI Controller".

Does that mean that AHCI is enabled for the drive?

No you have to do it in the BIOS.

When you enter the BIOS if it's not set to AHCI leave it alone and boot into windows.

Start REGEDIT and look for this line :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\storahci\StartOverride

Change the 0 DWORD value from 3 to 0.

Reboot, and change your SATA controller to AHCI in BIOS. Now let it boot into safe mode, WIN 10 will install required drivers for AHCI.

Now with a normal boot you will boot into Windows with AHCI drivers.

The above was taken from Tomshardware and is for Windows 10.

kration · 22 Sep 2016 at 21:16

The AHCI thing seems a pretty fundamental issue when upgrading from HDD to SSD.

I've upgraded on my main PC as well as my laptop without picking this issue up. I'll set up a separate thread unless anyone can point me to an obvious idiot's guide...