Slow start on Sony Vaio SVS131B11L
I am working on this Vaio S laptop. The hard drive is showing signs of failure so I thought I'd clone it and install a new SSD. It does clone but getting from the Vaio splash screen to the windows start screen takes about 90 seconds. If I put the old drive back in, it takes between 2-3 seconds to reach the windows start up screen. I have tried a straight cloning operation as I said. I also performed a disk image backup and restore with the same results. I tried a full restore using the recovery partition that Sony provides. Same results. It hangs on the Sony splash screen for a long time (90 seconds) and then once it gets to the windows start up screen, everything is normal (faster because of the ssd.)
I've tried a recovery/reinstallation in both UEFI mode and legacy. No difference in performance getting from start up splash to windows startup.
Any ideas would certainly be appreciated.
Regards,
Bill
I've tried a recovery/reinstallation in both UEFI mode and legacy. No difference in performance getting from start up splash to windows startup.
Any ideas would certainly be appreciated.
Regards,
Bill
David Johnson, CD
It seems that there may be a problem with the BCD store. Try booting from the recovery disk, select repair, repair startup
check if your ssd is aligned properly :
In windows 7, run type msinfo32 in the search box on your start menu and hit enter.
select : components => storage => disks
Look for your SSD and check the partition starting offset.
It has to be divisible by 4096 (ie return a whole number when you divide by this) otherwise the alignment is not correct.
you can correct that with the paragon migrate os to ssd : https://www.paragon-software.com/nl/home/migrate-OS-to-SSD/
In windows 7, run type msinfo32 in the search box on your start menu and hit enter.
select : components => storage => disks
Look for your SSD and check the partition starting offset.
It has to be divisible by 4096 (ie return a whole number when you divide by this) otherwise the alignment is not correct.
you can correct that with the paragon migrate os to ssd : https://www.paragon-software.com/nl/home/migrate-OS-to-SSD/
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David, Do you think that I can use the windows 7 disk for repairing the boot? We don't have the Sony recovery DVD.
what about my post? any comment?
it 's very easy to check
it 's very easy to check
yes use the windows 7 disk
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Nobus, I looked at both solutions and wanted a clarification from David before I proceeded since there is the standard windows disk (used for recovery) and a special recovery disk from Sony. I did try your solution first. It came back with a nice, even number (256) but didn't take care of the problem.
David, The recovery disk wouldn't boot properly but Sony builds in the windows repair. I tried that but there was not option for that particular repair so I dropped to the command line which was available and ran bootrec /rebuildbcd. Unfortunately that didn't work either.
Does any one know how to see behind the sony vaio bios splash screen? Maybe if I could see what was happening, I might find the solution. There is no option in bios for turning it off or a verbose mode.
Thanks,
Bill
David, The recovery disk wouldn't boot properly but Sony builds in the windows repair. I tried that but there was not option for that particular repair so I dropped to the command line which was available and ran bootrec /rebuildbcd. Unfortunately that didn't work either.
Does any one know how to see behind the sony vaio bios splash screen? Maybe if I could see what was happening, I might find the solution. There is no option in bios for turning it off or a verbose mode.
Thanks,
Bill
>> It came back with a nice, even number (256) but didn't take care of the problem. << that means it is properly aligned, so that's ok.
did you test with all devices disconnected?
does it connect to a server, or lan?
did you test with all devices disconnected?
does it connect to a server, or lan?
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what ssd model is it? just curious
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It was an ADATA Premier SP550 240GB 2.5 Inch SATA III (ASP550SS3-240GM-C). I've used these in the past before without any issues. I think I'll stick with Sandisk or Kingston from here on out.
Doesn't matter which manufacturer. I've experienced drives come DOA or fail in the initial burn in hours from just about every manufacturer.. Sometimes it is a complete lot # that is marginal. Only the manufacturer knows exactly which plant manufactured the drive i.e. Malaysia, Thailand.
i have used intel, kingston and samsung drives without problem up to now
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Problem ended up being a hardware issue. Unexpected with a new drive. No other solution pointed to the solution and I accepted this as the best as it lets others know that if this does happen, it's not necessarily a software issue.