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Switching between AHCI and RAID on the Dell XPS 15 (9560)

This guide likely applies to other models and, potentially, even laptops from other OEMs that have NVME drives. However, I've only tested this on my Dell XPS 15 (9560) with the OEM Windows installation from the Signature Edition model.

Switching from RAID to AHCI

Switching from RAID to AHCI is significantly simpler than switching from AHCI to RAID. All that's needed is a successful boot to Safe Mode.

To set the default boot mode to Safe Mode, use msconfig.exe or open an admin cmd/PowerShell window and run:

1. Make sure git is tracking your project locally

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Using your terminal/command line, get inside the folder where your project files are kept: cd /path/to/my/codebase. → You cannot do this simply by opening the folder normally, you must do this with the command line/terminal.
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Check if git is already initialized: git status

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Install required tools
Latest Git Client
gpg tools

# Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install gpa seahorse
# MacOS with https://brew.sh/

	import urllib.request
	import urllib.parse
	from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
	import requests
	import json
	import wget
	import sys
	from termcolor import cprint, colored
	from collections import OrderedDict

	#!/usr/bin/env bash
	# Ubuntu Server or VM Cleaner. Safe by default; aggressive when asked.
	# Example safe: sudo ./clean.sh
	# Example aggressive: sudo JOURNAL_DAYS=3 AGGRESSIVE=1 ./clean.sh
	# Enable Docker image prune (images only): sudo ./clean.sh --docker-images
	# Tested on Ubuntu 20.04, 22.04, 24.04 (server/VM images).

	set -Eeuo pipefail
	trap 'rc=$?; echo "Error on line $LINENO: $BASH_COMMAND (exit $rc)"; exit $rc' ERR
	IFS=$'\n\t'