cant boot after switching to AHCI

anarchoi

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I have a SSD and tried to switch to AHCI without having to reinstall. A guide suggested i had to do to device managers and then select my IDE items, select manually install driver and install the driver for AHCI

Well now i can't boot windows 8 anymore. I get an error message before the loading is finished, and i don't even have the time to read it my computer will instantly reboot and do the same thing over and over again

Setting the BIOS to AHCI will just cause another error. Windows8 won't boot and will tell me i need to repair it.

What can i do to fix it ?

Automatic repair from install CD isn't helpful. I don't have any system restore point.
 
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System One

  • OS
    win8
Can you boot into safe mode? Set bios to IDE boot to safe mode and uninstall the driver.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    W8 Inspiron 17R W8P+MCE HTPC
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Hard Drives
    Custom HTPC systems builder, trouble shooter for Apple and PC products.
    My HTPC specs:
    Core i5 W7 Pro/W8 Pro+MCE
    Lian Li blk mid tower 10 gigs + 2 OS HDD's W7/8.
    Other Info
    Gigabyte UD3 mobo P55 chipset.
    Workstation:
    Same as above but using the "M" series mobo with ATi 5670
    Dell Inspiron 17R i3 3rd gen W8.
    Nokia Lumia 810 W Phone8.
I found a workaround to start in safe mode, but i'm getting same problem. Windows will crash and computer will reboot after the windows loading animation :(
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win8
Managed to find safe mode, but windows still crashes before loading.

The suggestion in that thread refers to using regedit. Can't get into windows so can't use regedit...
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    win8

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    ME, XP,Vista,Win7,Win8,Win8.1
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Other Info
    Notebooks x 3

    Desktops x 5

    Towers x 4
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