I'm about to do a fresh install on desktop and I have a question about IDE vs. AHCI. Which mode should I pick in the bios? IDE, AHCI or RAID? Does AHCI have any advantages over IDE? My HDD right now ...

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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, ...