Trouble with clean reinstall - new SSD in Sony Vaio
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We have a Sony Vaio Z1390x where the SSD died. We got a new SSD (LIF - RAID SSD's) and the RAID 0 is set up and ready. But there trouble begins. I made several backups of the SSD a while ago (MaxBlast) to an external harddrive of all partitions on the old SSD - that is a recovery partition and the partition with the Windows 7 installation. I made a bootable CD from MaxBlast, but it doesn't work. It keeps on bugging me that there's no operating system on the computer. As if I didn't know that! :-) I thought the boot CD would give me the option to access the external harddrive with the images and to move them.
Any idea what I can do to at least move the recovery partition from the external harddrive (Maxtor drive) to the new SSD on the laptop and perform the recovery?
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Ulrich
We have a Sony Vaio Z1390x where the SSD died. We got a new SSD (LIF - RAID SSD's) and the RAID 0 is set up and ready. But there trouble begins. I made several backups of the SSD a while ago (MaxBlast) to an external harddrive of all partitions on the old SSD - that is a recovery partition and the partition with the Windows 7 installation. I made a bootable CD from MaxBlast, but it doesn't work. It keeps on bugging me that there's no operating system on the computer. As if I didn't know that! :-) I thought the boot CD would give me the option to access the external harddrive with the images and to move them.
Any idea what I can do to at least move the recovery partition from the external harddrive (Maxtor drive) to the new SSD on the laptop and perform the recovery?
Best regards
Ulrich
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What is the full name of this tool and where can I download it? Is this the one from seagate?
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It's MaxBlast 5 from Seagate and can be found here:
http://www.seagate.com/gb/en/support/downloads/item/maxblast-master-dl/
http://www.seagate.com/gb/en/support/downloads/item/maxblast-master-dl/
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I tried that as well, but it says: Unable to load Linux kernel. Press <Enter> to reboot...
and then it goes back to the Maxblast 5 menu with the 2 choices.
I tried a trial version from Acronis, but that ends up the same way.
Any more suggestions? :-)
and then it goes back to the Maxblast 5 menu with the 2 choices.
I tried a trial version from Acronis, but that ends up the same way.
Any more suggestions? :-)
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So if I buy that, then I can restore from the external hard drive with the backup images?
With the trial edition I could select a drive to clone, but there the lif ssd's were all listed (as 4 drives) . I expected to see the created raid 0 drive that is made of the 4 ssd's. Will the purchased Acronis be able to see the raid drive?
With the trial edition I could select a drive to clone, but there the lif ssd's were all listed (as 4 drives) . I expected to see the created raid 0 drive that is made of the 4 ssd's. Will the purchased Acronis be able to see the raid drive?
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I messed with raid install before, and I know that a special driver is needed to install on a raid drive.
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But I wanted to move the recovery partition from the external hard drive to the raid on the laptop, but what if the Acronis can't see the raid??
As I said - you need to add the driver for your RAID.
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I just want to make a clean factory restore via the recovery partition...
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Sorry if I don't ask a precise questions. :-) I run the Acronis from a USB disk. Can I add a raid driver there to make Acronis see the raid drive on the computer?
For this you need first to restore that partition to your newly configured RAID.
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Yes... so here we're back to the Acronis that can't see the created raid drive. That's where I'm lost now.
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Ok. Thanks for your patience. I'll try that Acronis software...
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News: I found a place to get a Win 7 ISO image (http://getintopc.com/softwares/operating-systems/windows-7-ultimate-free-download-iso-32-64-bit/) I put it on a USB-disk and installed Win 7. So far so good. No problems recognizing the raid drive.
Then I installed the MaxBlast and could access all backup partitions on the external harddisk. I go through the guide to restore the entire computer with all partitions (Windows partition, recovery partition and Mboot Record) and started it... It did all the usual stuff locking and so on and asked for a reboot to continue. After starting up, the Linux kernel error came up Again and nothing was done... :-(
Can you come up with a good suggestion based in this experience? I felt soooooo close to succeed...
Then I installed the MaxBlast and could access all backup partitions on the external harddisk. I go through the guide to restore the entire computer with all partitions (Windows partition, recovery partition and Mboot Record) and started it... It did all the usual stuff locking and so on and asked for a reboot to continue. After starting up, the Linux kernel error came up Again and nothing was done... :-(
Can you come up with a good suggestion based in this experience? I felt soooooo close to succeed...
you could use the free paragon software to make the image as well :http://www.paragon-software.com/home/br-free/download.html
and don't forget to make the boot cd
and don't forget to make the boot cd
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It is a laptop with lif ssd. That is 2 ssd cards with 2 drives each. Combined it makes 4 drives. A very fast raid array and unique for this Sony Vaio z1390x laptop.
I'll surrender and buy that Acronis thing. You think it can use the stored images from MaxBlast?
I'll surrender and buy that Acronis thing. You think it can use the stored images from MaxBlast?
What format do these images have? TIB?
no interest in paragon soft ?
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Yes. It is .tib files.
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Ok. Case solved. :-) Seagate DiscWizard did the job with a boot disk made in the software. That is also based on Acronis, but obviously newer aaaaand all free, because we have a Seagate external hard drive.
Thanks for your suggestions.
best regards
Ulrich
Thanks for your suggestions.
best regards
Ulrich