At 99 percent market share as of 2013, Serial ATA is the most common PC disk interface, according to the Serial ATA International Organization. In HP laptops, SATA can operate in two modes: AHCI and IDE. AHCI is faster and offers extra features such as hot-swapping, but sometimes has compatibility or driver issues. If that’s the case, you need to change the SATA mode to IDE by making changes to your HP laptop’s BIOS settings. Writer Bio
