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‎07-30-2019 04:51 PM

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Product: HP ENVY 17 ce0xx
Operating System: Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)

I dont see any way to change the achi to ide to be able to downgrade to windows 7. i tried updating my bios but still same problem. i am experiencing the same prolem listed here

https://h30434.www3.hp.com/t5/Notebook-Boot-and-Lockup/change-sata-mode-from-ACHI-to-IDE/m-p/6669198...

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‎07-30-2019 05:40 PM

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Hi:

 

You can't change the drive controller on that model series, and you can't install W7 either.

 

The only Windows OS that will run on that platform is W10 64 bit.

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