Dear 10F members, I have installed Windows 10 to my computer Sony Vaio VGN-FZ460E.But I am having problem with installing the Mass Storage Controller. I would be very glad if one could help me. The built in card reader for my xD picture card works just fine in Windows 7, but doesn't recognize anything with Windows 8. I attempted to update the non-working driver, but a driver isn't found online. I'll use your drivers suggestion and see what happens, or alternately install a Windows 7 driver.
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Ashwani Tiwari | Modified: November 9th, 2020 | Windows Error
“I have a desktop that I added PCI based raid controller card as well. The BIOS displays the card and I was able to configure Raid 1 without any issue. But when I try to install Windows I got an error message “Windows cannot be installed to disk. This system hardware may not support booting to a disk. Ensure the disk controller is enabled in the computer’s BIOS Menu.”
So, could you please help me to fix the issue of how to enable the disk controller in the computer bios menu? Your help would be greatly appreciated.”
Are you still facing the same issue? Not able to understand what to do and how to enable the disk controller in the BIOS menu? Do not worry, you are landed on the right page. In this blog, we will discuss different ways to enable the disk’s controller in BIOS menu.
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Manual Way to Enable Disk Controller in BIOS
There are multiple ways to enable AHCI mode for SATA on PC where Windows is already installed, and Windows that normally run after this operation. Please have a look on steps to solve your query on how to enable disk controller in bios menu windows 10:
- First of all, run the Registry Editor
- For this, press Windows + R and type regedit in the command line box
- Go to this section HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services iaStorV
- Double-click on Start icon and set its value to zero (0)
- In the upcoming section, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services iaStorAV StartOverride set zero value for element 0
- In this section, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services storahci set some values to zero for Start element.
- In the next subsection, HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet Services storahci StartOverride set zero value for element 0.
- In this case, there is nothing to be seen, but you can see, if AHCI may not be enabled yet.
- Close the Registry Editor
- Restart the system and go to BIOS or UEFI. For the first time after a restart, it is always better to boot Windows in safe mode
- In BIOS or UEFI, find SATA settings to choose the particular mode for memory devices. Switch all of them to AHCI, save settings and restart the PC
- After restarting, Windows can start the installation of SATA drivers, and when it gets over, it will ask for another restart. To do so, users will enable the AHCI mode in Windows. (If the above method does not work properly, here is another solution. To initiate with, if users have problems with booting Windows in AHCI mode, return to IDE and restart the desktop, After doing this:)
- Start the Command promptas an Administrator
- Type “bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal” in the command prompt and press Enter key
- After getting a message that the operation successfully completed, restart the computer system
- Before booting the system, enable the disk controller in BIOS or UEFI using the above method and save the settings
- The PC will only boot up in safe mode and install all required drivers.
- Again, launch Command prompt as Administrator and type in bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot
- Once the command is executed, restart the PC again. This time, Windows needs to boot with AHCI enabled and without any restrictions.
Well, these instructions can theoretically result in unintended consequences like the inability to start the operating system. Moreover, this method requires technical skills and knowledge to accomplish the task. Here you have got the solution for your query How do I enable disk’s controller in the BIOS menu?
Data Loss Solution!!
There might be an instance, wherein the drive gets corrupt or format while enabling the disk controller in BIOS. Therefore, to resolve all such issues, one can use Computer Data Recovery Software. It is a simple and reliable solution, which helps to recover all deleted files from the HDD. It is not the solution for your main concern on how to enable disk controller in the computer bios menu Windows 10, 8, 7 and brands Asus, Acer, Sony Vaio, Dell, Samsung etc.
Time to Conclude
At certain times, some users fail to enable disk controller in BIOS. This situation occurs due to several reasons. Therefore, in this blog, we have discussed a manual procedure to enable the disk’s controller in the BIOS menu. Else, users can opt for a reliable third-party tool, listed above. Mainly focused on steps to enable disk controller in bios menu Sony Vaio, Asus, Acer, Dell, Samsung in Windows 10, 8, 7 etc.
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We recommend to use the following drivers for the respective hard disk controller, RAID controller, motherboard chipset or listed hardware device. These may be not the most recent versions of the drivers, but they were tested either by us or reported by most users as actually working, meaning that they do allow getting complete hard disk status information and they do enable important disk features, as e.g. TRIM on SSD drives. Different versions from the ones listed here _might_ work on your system, but usually they have been found to be quite buggy and therefore we do not recommend their use.
The following drivers are tested and recommended to use for the appropriate hard disk controller, RAID controller, motherboard chipset or related hardware device to get complete hard disk status information:
| Disk Controller | Recommended Driver(s) |
| 3ware 7000/8000 RAID mode | version: 1.15.0.52 download driver (Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/8/10/2012 32/64 bit) |
| Accusys 75170 firmware update RAID mode | version: 1.21 download driver (Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/8/2012) |
| Accusys 76510 firmware update RAID mode | version: 1.27.05 download driver (Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/8/2012) |
| Adaptec SATA/SAS RAID controller (2xxx, 3xxx, 4xxx, 5xxx, 6xxx) RAID mode | version: 5.2.0.18300 download driver (Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/Windows Server 2003/2008 32/64 bit) |
| Adaptec SATA/SCSI/SAS RAID controller (2xxx, 3xxx, 4xxx, 5xxx, 6xxx, 7xxx) RAID mode | version: 7.1.0.30034 download driver (Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/Windows Server 2003/2008/2012 32/64 bit) |
| AMD RAID controller RAID mode | version: 3.2.1540.92 download driver (Windows 7 32/64 bit) version: 3.2.1540.92 download driver (Windows 7 64 bit) version: 3.3.1540.22 download driver (Windows Vista 32 bit) version: 11.8 (chipset) download driver (Windows XP 32/64 bit) version: 11.2 (chipset) download driver (Windows 7 32/64 bit) |
| AMD SATA AHCI controller | version: 1.2.1.263 download driver (Windows 7 32 bit) version: 1.2.1.263 download driver (Windows 7 64 bit) version: 3.3.1540.17 download driver (Windows XP) |
| ASMedia ASM1051 USB3.0 bridge | version: 101026_00_63_01 download driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/2008) |
| ASMedia USB 3.0/3.1 controller | version: 1.16.51.1 download driver (Windows 7/8/10 32/64 bit) |
| Dawicontrol DC133 RAID mode | version: 5.30 download driver (Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019 32/64 bit) |
| Dawicontrol DC150 RAID mode | version: 5.30 download driver (Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019 32/64 bit) |
| Dawicontrol DC154 RAID mode | version: 5.30 download driver (Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019 32/64 bit) |
| Dawicontrol DC300e/310e RAID mode | version: 5.30 download driver (Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019 32/64 bit) |
| Dawicontrol DC324e RAID mode | version: 5.30 download driver (Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019 32/64 bit) |
| Dawicontrol DC3410 RAID mode | version: 5.30 download driver (Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019 32/64 bit) |
| Dawicontrol DC4300/4320 RAID mode | version: 5.30 download driver (Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019 32/64 bit) |
| Dawicontrol DC600e/610e RAID mode | version: 5.30 download driver (Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019 32/64 bit) |
| Dawicontrol DC622e RAID mode | version: 5.30 download driver (Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019 32/64 bit) |
| Dawicontrol DC624e RAID mode | version: 5.30 download driver (Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10 2003/2008/2012/2016/2019 32/64 bit) |
| Gigabyte GBB36X RAID mode | version: 1.17.62 download driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/2008 32/64 bit WHQL) |
| IBM ServeRAID 8i/8k/8s controller RAID mode | version: 5.2.0.18300 download driver (Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/Windows Server 2003/2008 32/64 bit) |
| Intel ICH7/ICH8/ICH9/ICH10/3400 RAID mode | version: 10.5.0.1026 download driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/2008 32/64 bit) version: 10.1.0.1008 download driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/2008 32/64 bit) version: 9.6.5.1001 download driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/2008 32/64 bit) |
| Intel ICH8/ICH9/ICH10/Z68/C216 RAID mode | version: 12.8.0.1016 download driver (Windows 7/8 32/64 bit) version: 11.6.0.1030 download driver (Windows 7/8 32/64 bit) |
| Intel (Dell Dimension Desktop series) | version: A10 6.0.1.1002 download driver (Windows XP) |
| Intel NVMe SSD driver | version: 1.0.0.1023 download driver (Windows 7/8/10 32/64 bit) |
| Intel NVMe SSD driver | version: 4.4.0.1023 download driver (Windows 10 32/64 bit) |
| Intel RST Driver (NVMe/SATA/RAID) RAID mode | version: 15.2.1020 download driver (Windows 7/8/10 32/64 bit) |
| Intel RST Driver (NVMe SSD+Win7) RAID mode | version: 15.7.1014 download driver (Windows 7/8/10 32 bit) version: 15.7.1014 download driver (Windows 7/8/10 64 bit) |
| Intel RST Driver (NVMe/SATA/RAID) RAID mode | version: 17.8.1065 download driver (Windows 10 32/64 bit) |
| ITE 8212F (ATA/ATAPI BIOS+driver) | version: 1.7.2.9 download driver (Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista 32/64 bit) |
| JMicron JMB36X RAID mode | version: 1.17.62 download driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/2008 32/64 bit WHQL) version: version 1.17.62 eSATAdownload driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/2008 32/64 bit WHQL) |
| JMicron JMS562 RAID firmware RAID mode | version: 31.21.1.4 download driver (Windows updater) |
| LSI SAS2 Falcon SAS/SATA RAID controller RAID mode | version: 2.0.63.0 download driver (Windows 7/8/2008) |
| Marvell 61xx SATA controller | version: 1.2.0.60 download driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7 32/64 bit) version: 1.2.0.57 download driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7 32/64 bit) |
| Marvell 64xx SAS controller RAID mode | version: 4.0.0.1200 download driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7 32/64 bit) |
| Marvell 9128 SATA 6 Gbps controller | version: 1.0.00.1034 download driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/8.1/2008 32 bit) version: 1.0.00.1034 download driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/2008 64 bit) |
| Marvell 9230 SATA RAID controller RAID mode | version: 1.2.0.1047 download driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/8.1/10/2008/2012 32/64 bit) |
| Maxtor (Promise) Ultra ATA 100 | version: 2.0.0050.42 download driver (Windows 2000/XP) |
| Mediasonic ProRaid HUR3-SU3S3 2 Bay 3.5 SATA Hard Drive Enclosure RAID mode | version: 20.01.01.06 download driver (Windows 7/8/10) |
| NVIDIA 650i/750i | version: 8.43 download driver Windows 2000/XP 32 bit |
| NVIDIA 650i/750i | version: 8.43 download driver Windows XP/2003 64 bit |
| NVIDIA nForce RAID mode | version: 11.1.0.43 download driver (Windows 7 64-bit) version: 11.1.0.43 download driver (Windows Vista/7 32-bit) |
| NVIDIA nForce2 | version: 4.84 (2.6) download driver (Windows 2000/XP) |
| NVIDIA nForce4 RAID mode | version: 10.3.0.46 download driver (Windows 32-bit) version: 11.1.0.33 download driver (Windows 64-bit) |
| OCZ / Toshiba NVMe SSD driver (Windows 7) | version: 1.2.126.842 download driver (Windows 7 32/64 bit) |
| Plextor NVMe SSD driver (Windows 7) | version: 1.4 download driver (Windows 7 32/64 bit) |
| RaidON MR2020-2S-S2R firmware update0 RAID mode | version: 1C09 download driver (Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/7/8/2012) |
| RocketRAID 2640 RAID mode | version: 1.3.9.423 download driver (Windows Vista/7/2008 32/64 bit) |
| Samsung NVMe SSD driver | version: 1.1 download driver (Windows 7/8/10 32/64 bit) |
| Samsung NVMe SSD driver (Windows 7) | version: 1.4.7.17 download driver (Windows 7 32/64 bit) |
| Silicon Image 3112 / 3512 SATA RAID mode | version: 1.3.68.2 download driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/2008 32 bit ATA/ATAPI BIOS) version: 1.0.65.1 download driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/2008 32 bit RAID BIOS) version: 1.0.17.1 download driver (Windows 64 bit) |
| Silicon Image 3114 RAID mode | version: 1.5.20.3 download driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/2008 32 bit) version: 1.5.20.3 download driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/2008 64 bit) |
| Silicon Image 3124 SATA RAID mode | version: 1.5.23.0 download driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/2008 32 bit) version: 1.5.23.0 download driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/2008 64 bit) |
| Silicon Image 3132 RAID mode | version: 1.5.19.0 download driver (Windows XP/Vista/7 64 bit) |
| Silicon Image 0680 IDE | version: 1.2.30.0 download driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/2008) |
| Silicon Image 0680 RAID | version: 1.0.5.0 download driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/2008) |
| SiS 180 Controller | version: 5.1.1039.2110 download driver (Windows XP/2003/Vista/7/2008) |
| ULI SATA M1573 | version: 1.0.5.8 download driver (Windows 2000/XP 32/64 bit) |
| VIA SATA RAID Controller RAID mode | version: 5.1.2600.581 download driver (Windows 2000/XP/Vista 32/64 bit) |
| VIA SATA RAID Controller RAID mode | version: 6.10a download driver (Windows Server 2003/2008 64 bit) |
| VIA USB 3.0 controller | version: 6.1.7600.4903 download driver (Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7/8/10) |
| VIA Falcon Controller | version: 7.0.7000.294 download driver (Windows 2000/XP/Vista 32/64 bit) |
Note that all hard disk controllers provide hard disk status information in single/standalone mode only unless RAID mode is listed for the appropriate hard disk controller (RAID controller).
Note: the firmware update for ASMedia ASM1051 USB3.0 bridge may work with enclosures, adapters based on this chip to get the missing status information. Not recommended for SIIG JU-SA0212-S1 as the device does not work with the new firmware.
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Please check back for new, updated, tested and verified drivers for different disk controllers.
In some situations, the newest (most recent) drivers may not be working correctly, in this case the updated version is not listed and you should select a driver from this list.