Hi queiroz76,
To upgrade the operating system in a mSATA configured computer you will need to disable the acceleration first in Intel rapid storage technology and then upgrade the operating system. Since you have not disabled the acceleration on the mSATA drive and changed the SATA operation and upgraded to Windows 7 You will have to follow the steps mentioned below for issue resolution.
- Boot to Bios (F2)
- Change SATA operation to AHCI
- Save settings and Exit
- As soon as the system boots up tap the ‘F8’ key to go into Advanced options
- Choose option Repair my computer
- Wait for 3 – 5 minutes on the black screen until the system shows up recovery options
- On System Recovery option click next
- On user name / password option click next (if password has been set for primary user please enter the right password)
- On System Recovery Option screen ------>Select Command Prompt
- At Command prompt type in Diskpart
- Type LIST DISKà You should see 2 Disks listed like below
- Note down the right DISK number for the next steps. On some systems mSATA HDD would be either Disk 1 or Disk 0
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- Type SELECT DISK 0(Whichever is msata drive)
It should say DISK 0 is selected
- Type Clean
This should clean the msata HDD
- Type OFFLINE Disk
This should make the Disk Offline
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- Type EXIT
- RESTART
- On Restart go into BIOS (F2) and change SATA back to Intel Smart Response Technology
- Click save and exit and Restart
- Option Rom should pop up – Press Ctrl + I
- Press R to disable acceleration and 6 to Exit
- Boot into Windows Normally.
- Download the Intel rapid storage technology driver and enable the acceleration.
- Please follow the link below. When the page comes up please put in the service tag of your computer. Then go ahead and download the Intel rapid storage technology driver under ‘Serial ATA’ section, after selecting the operating system to windows 7 from the link below.
Please let me know if this helps.
