My new SSD - IDE works, AHCI doesn't

Yh set it at the top in hdd priority,it doesnt remove the partition it just sorts out the boot record and should hide the partition if its working/booting correctly
 
wazza300 said:
Yh set it at the top in hdd priority,it doesnt remove the partition it just sorts out the boot record and should hide the partition if its working/booting correctly
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Thanks for the info wazza. Just for my own clarification then, will this repair allow the SSD and HDD to operate just as efficiently as if I'd erased everything and started over? And it means the SSD will then boot without the need for the HDD to be connected (if I wanted to remove it for example) to start the boot process as it's doing now?

edit: I've got instructions now how to remove the system reserve partition, then unplug my HDD, then write a new boot loader, and then do start up repair up to 3 times. I'll see how it goes!
 
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Well I just like to see how fast it is from reboot to desk, but from windows startup to desk it's about 12 or 13 secs.

I successfully deleted the reserve partition. :) Only needed to do start up repair once. SSD is now booting on it's own. Here's the instructions I followed and also pics I took of the process for anyone interested.

Remove system reserve partition:

Boot from your installation or repair disc.
When you get to the language screen, press Shift+F10.
Type diskpart, Enter
Type list disk, Enter after diskpart is loaded
Type select disk X (where X is your drive with the System reserve partition on it), Enter
Type list partition, Enter
Type select partition X (where X is your System reserve partition), Enter
Type delete partition override, Enter
Type list disk, Enter
Type select disk X (where X is your OS drive), Enter
Type list partition, Enter
Type select partition X (where X is your OS partition), Enter
Type active, Enter
Close the command prompt

We have deleted the partition, and Windows will be unable to boot at this point. Now it is time to write a new boot loader and BCD to the Windows partition.
Now shut down, unplug any secondary drives, boot up and run start up repair up to 3 times.
If startup repair does not work follow this: (link)
In CMD type:
bcdedit /export C:\BCD_Backup, Enter
c:, Enter
cd boot, Enter
attrib bcd -s -h -r, Enter
ren c:\boot\bcd bcd.old, Enter
bootrec /RebuildBcd, Enter


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