What Is The Standard Sata Ahci Controller Driver And Is It Necessary To Update It

Okay, since you have clean install 1709 and reinstall all Dell drivers, what you can do on system side have been done, let's wait for update that come from Dell and Microsoft. Updating driver for AMD AHCI Compatible RAID Controller. You will need to restart the computer, then further hard disk status information should. In the worst case, you may try to install the 'Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller' driver.

Microsoft Standard SATA AHCI Driver - Windows 10 Service

MS AHCI Storport Miniport Driver by Microsoft Corporation.

This service also exists in Windows 8.

Startup Type

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Default Properties

Display name:Microsoft Standard SATA AHCI Driver
Service name:storahci
Type:kernel
Path:%WinDir%System32driversstorahci.sys
Error control:critical
Group:SCSI Miniport

Default Behavior

The Microsoft Standard SATA AHCI Driver service is a kernel mode driver. If Microsoft Standard SATA AHCI Driver fails to load or initialize, the error is logged and the computer attempts to restart, using the Last Known Good configuration. If the Last Known Good configuration fails, Windows 10 startup also fails, and the boot process halts with a Stop error. If you disable this service, Windows 10 will fail to start. Do NOT change this service startup configuration if your computer is working.

Restore Default Startup Type for Microsoft Standard SATA AHCI Driver

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Automated Restore

1. Select your Windows 10 edition and release, and then click on the Download button below.

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2. Save the RestoreMicrosoftStandardSATAAHCIDriverWindows10.bat file to any folder on your hard drive.

3. Right-click the downloaded batch file and select Run as administrator.

4. Restart the computer to save changes.

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Note. Make sure that the storahci.sys file exists in the %WinDir%System32drivers folder. If this file is missing you can try to restore it from your Windows 10 installation media.