Not afaik. It should be a nondestructive test to conduct (I don't have a Windows XP system to play with, and haven't had for years). I tried it, it won't boot. Yes, XP, really. It's for retro games, ...

Since my stupid motherboard would only let me install windows onto my computer in EIDE mode, I was wondering if anything would be affected if I should switch device modes to AHCI after I installed ...

This AHCI Port0 Device Error does not usually occur due to the operating system failure; instead, it occurs when your computer detects an issue with your hard drive ...

Most current motherboards (MOBOs) have AHCI enabled in UEFI or BIOS by default. However, some older motherboards may have IDE enabled by default instead. In this post, we are going to learn how to ...