Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Fix Windows7 Boot Issue by changing BIOS

Re-imaging a Windows 7 installation and couldn't get it to boot.
Kept getting the option to attempt to boot to Windows 7 or run a repair.
Neither fixes issue.
Fix:  Change your BIOS setting for the SATA from AHCI to IDE mode.
Done!

Here's the specific driver it didn't like in AHCI mode:

Error: PCI\VEIN_8086&DEV_38B22&SUBSYS.306017AA&REV.06 not found

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