intzepatorii

sorry for seeing this so late. I was being helped by this forum so I would gladly help people in my situation (having a H81 chipset Intel doesn't bother anymore to release drivers for). Here is what I did exactly: 1. downloaded Fernando's driver for 8 series chipsets from https://mega.co.nz/#!tZ10nZjJ!X7GK7wSZAOdhbz7B4c_1yHBslQlYwqPMECGVlY5B5CU 2. extracted the file to a new path: let's say E:\Kitt\Drivers\AHCI 3. copied the iaStor.sys file to Systems32\drivers 4. copied the following registry file to my desktop (copy and paste into notepad) and saved as ahci.reg Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase\pci#ven_8086&dev_2922&cc_0106] "Service"="iaStor" "ClassGUID"="{4D36E96A-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStor] "Type"=dword:00000001 "Start"=dword:00000000 "Group"="SCSI miniport" "ErrorControl"=dword:00000001 "ImagePath"="system32\\drivers\\iaStor.sys" "tag"=dword:00000019 "DisplayName"="Intel AHCI Controller" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStor\Parameters] "queuePriorityEnable"=dword:00000000 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\iaStor\Enum] "0"="PCI\\VEN_8086&DEV_2922&SUBSYS_B0051458&REV_02\\3&13c0b0c5&0&FA" "Count"=dword:00000001 "NextInstance"=dword:00000001 source: http://forums.pcper.com/showthread.php?444831-HOWTO-enable-AHCI-mode-after-installing-Windows 5. added the information into registry 6. updated all drivers using the have disk option: Computer, Device Manager, storage controllers, update driver. For all of them I used the extracted iaStor.inf from E:\Kitt\Drivers\AHCI. The exact order for update them was the dual controller (I don't remember exactly its name), then secondary and then primary. From bottom to the top. They all merged into only one driver, "Intel® 8 Series/C220 Chipset Family SATA AHCI Controller (added by Fernando)" 7. after having updated the primary driver, I got a blue screen of death and I assumed it was because in Bios the IDE mode was still active. 8. entered BIOS and enabled AHCI 8.5. here I was jumping of joy as there was no more a BSOD. 9. Windows XP found new hardware and windows installed the "Intel® 8 Series/C220 Series SATA AHCI Controller - 8C02" using the Fernando's driver. I don't remember if it did automatically or I had to browse again the computer for the downloaded driver. I hope a more organized member or a developer could eliminate redundant information (like the registry, copying the driver etc.). I don't think all these steps were needed but I thought I couldn't do any harm with this... I had a good backup anyway to restore eventually. Good luck everybody!

I am also an XP fan but you can't fight the progress.... even if you can't be attacked by hackers: new manufacturers don't offer support for XP (they don't bother to create drivers anymore). it's already happening if you look at Intel's chipsets for Haswell... also ATI Radeon is not releasing drivers for it. I feel sorry too but there is nothing we can do I think.

I have upgraded the motherboard, processor and memory... But it's not that, I have changed them on 03.03 and the problem occurred first on 26.03...

ran checkdisk, installed seatools. the drive passed all tests... maybe it's because of the hardware change, what do you think?...

for speeding up XP I use: MS Defragmenter (since getting to this forum I use only the MS built one), CCleaner for temps. Regseeker for cleaning the registry and NTREGOPT for compacting. I try not to install too many programs, I search on the forums before making a decision as to which program to install. And still the registry after compacting get bigger and bigger... I think you know that sometimes you have to install it from scratch again or move to another OS. My record is 7 years too and ongoing with the XP (without reinstalling). and I have also Win 7 beginning with 2010... if you backup and take care of your system you can live happily with it based on your standards...

http://www.win-raid.com/t22f23-Integration-of-Intels-AHCI-RAID-drivers-into-a-Windows-XP-CD.html driver at 1.c) section as I had an 8 Series motherboard. as I didn't want to create a new disk in order to install XP from the beginning I used a mix of the above 2 options...

incredible, it worked without reinstalling anything!! thanks a lot jaclaz and condor and especially Fernando who issued the driver! :thumbup here's how I did it: 1. downloaded his driver for 8 series chipsets, 2. copied the .sys file to Systems32\drivers. 3. saved the .reg file, added the information 4. updated all drivers using the have disk option (controller, secondary and primary, in this order). 5. entered BIOS and enabled AHCI 6. found new hardware and windows installing the "Intel® 8 Series/C220 Series SATA AHCI Controller - 8C02" using the Fernando's driver. I have also noticed a huge performance increase in addition to the fact there's no need to switch any more between AHCI and IDE modes. :yes: Happy Easter!!!

thank you both! I'll try your methods and versions tonight when I arrive home. Hopefully I will not need to reinstall XP as it's a long process until I get to the current snaphot of the drive....

I added the AHCI driver only to the online Windows... I tried this method but surely used other drivers as this one was for a Gigabyte P35-DS4 (ICH9R) and mine is H81... probably the .reg file was not appropriate... can you please tell me what to change as I am not an expert. Another link: http://www.blah-blah.ch/it/how-to-s/enable-ahci/ , (for ICH10). A few more but basically it was the same idea. After getting the BSODs reverted to IDE in Bios and loaded the 'last known good configuration'. I have also an updated image as a backup.... Thank you, intze

Hi, I followed some advices I was looking for but when enabling AHCI in Bios I always get a BSOD. My motherboad is a MSI Intel H81M-E33 v2. Intel provides no driver for H81 chipset but they say we could use drivers for Series 6-7 on our risk. There are many controllers there... which one should I install... I tried a few but always BSODs. I know you would say I should get new Windows. I already have Windows 7 but sometimes I'd like to play some old games which only work on XP and I have dual boot. Switching IDE-AHCI and viceversa in Bios is very annoying. Thanks in advance for looking an eye on this! intze

thanks a lot. I ran a quick Hdtune test recently and it was OK. I will perform it thouroughly next time but S.M.A.R.T. also says it is OK... I'll try also to install software from HDD manufacturer. Happy Easter!

no, it is still happening with every login. performance is not affected but I think the boot could be faster without the hive recovering. also please note this is a red event.

it happens every time the PC is powered on... for about one month.

Hi, I gave up googling and I remembered this great site... I have a problem, I found a serious error among the Administrative Events: {Registry Hive Recovered} Registry hive (file): '\SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE' was corrupted and it has been recovered. Some data might have been lost. xml: - <Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">- <System> <Provider Name="Microsoft-Windows-Kernel-General" Guid="{A68CA8B7-004F-D7B6-A698-07E2DE0F1F5D}" /> <EventID>5</EventID> <Version>0</Version> <Level>2</Level> <Task>0</Task> <Opcode>0</Opcode> <Keywords>0x8000000000000000</Keywords> <TimeCreated SystemTime="2014-04-13T15:34:52.843750000Z" /> <EventRecordID>1362621</EventRecordID> <Correlation /> <Execution ProcessID="4" ThreadID="408" /> <Channel>System</Channel> <Computer> </Computer> <Security UserID="S-1-5-18" /> </System>- <EventData> <Data Name="FinalStatus">0x8000002a</Data> <Data Name="ExtraStringLength">36</Data> <Data Name="ExtraString">\SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE</Data> </EventData> </Event> Can you please help solving it please?I already ran sfc /scannow but without result. Thanks!intzepatorii

<timing pnpSystemStartDuration="412" pnpSystemStartEndTime="4600" pnpSystemStartStartTime="4188" pnpBootStartDuration="3009" pnpBootStartEndTime="3044" pnpBootStartStartTime="35" postBootDisturbance="18300" postBootRequiredIdleTime="10000" osLoaderDuration="7706" bootDoneViaPostBoot="51623" bootDoneViaExplorer="23323"> this is another try I think it's great as I have avast7, teatimer, teamviewer and a few other programs/services in startup and only a sata II hard disk... for the moment I'll stick to this configuration as it doesn't make sense to change only the motherboard... I'll go for another computer in the near future though. thank you very much for you effort... you have a beer from me. cheers!

<timing pnpSystemStartDuration="578" pnpSystemStartEndTime="6076" pnpSystemStartStartTime="5498" pnpBootStartDuration="3621" pnpBootStartEndTime="3657" pnpBootStartStartTime="36" postBootDisturbance="9223372001875" postBootRequiredIdleTime="10000" osLoaderDuration="7514" bootDoneViaPostBoot="-1" bootDoneViaExplorer="24979"> I think it's OK. Cheers!

still happy with the boot time. so no more hiberfil. thank you very much!

I believe not as I don't find any option in Bios and I already updated it several days ago. also the MSI doesn't tell anything as far as my level of understading... I still have SATA II but I don't know whether also AHCI. can you please check: MSI G41M4-F is the Mobo. should I reinstall the OS and choose AHCI when installing? (if it's possible, otherwise I leave it this way). Thanks for advice.

pls find it attached. summary_hibernation.xml

thanks, i've generated it. where should I look at?

Hi all! It's a great site!

Hi Magic and many thanks for helping us improving our computers! I found you when searching for ways to reduce the boot time and I did it! from about 120 secs to about 30 secs... (I load avast after all services and I made also a few similar tweaks for Teamviewer etc.). I still have two issues though: 1. I can't reduce the time needed for resuming from hibernation.... It's resuming in about 70 secs now... First of all I had about 180 secs, then I stopped the superfetch service and got 70 secs... I made a few tweaks thanks to you and I re-enabled superfetch and managed to keep the 70 secs time. My hibernation file is half of RAM (4/2=2 GB). and RAM in use is 1.5 GB when I put it to hibernate. I tried also the 100% and 75% size and the difference in resuming speed is pretty low if among them. I still think it's too much time though only to resume from hibernation and first of all I would like to know only if it's possible to reduce it. 2. I don't have any event in the event viewer - windows - diagnostics performance - operational...They stopped logging one year ago, I cleared them, did all sort of things I found out on the internet but without success... Also when opening the event file from Windows Prefetch/Ready boot folder it says I have some events lost and I should run some help query in the commander prompt (pretty useless), then the program is having a problem and it closes. I had some time ago several partitions of my drive formatted by Mac Os and and LinuxOpenSuse, maybe they interfered with the MBR and that's why the problems? The respective time I was using a GRUB 2 bootloader. In order to hibernate again I gave up both of them and everything is formatted in NTFS now. My computer is a MSI G41M4-F MB with Intel G41 chipset, E5700 DualCore processor, 4 GB of RAM, 1 TB Sata II, Realtek Network/Sound, GeForce GT 7300. Thank you in advance!