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Sony Vaio won't recognize SSD
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<blockquote data-quote="Amelith Nargothrond" data-source="post: 614892" data-attributes="member: 60405"><p>If i were you, I would do the following:</p><p></p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Update the bios; don't skip this part, the last update is from 11/10/2016 (<a href="https://esupport.sony.com/LA/p/swu-download.pl?mdl=SVE14122CLW&upd_id=11008&os_group_id=24" target="_blank">Sony eSupport - SVE14122CLW - Controladores y Software</a>)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">If you still can't boot, i would try to boot another Windows environment from a USB flash drive and try to check if the HDD is recognized after booting this environment</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">If it is, i would try to migrate the old OS with macrium for example (if you don't want to do a fresh install) or the best option would be to install a fresh Win10 (though there is only support for Win 8 on Sony's website for this laptop, and Sony is sort of known to use custom drivers for their laptops - might not work with Win10 or you might see some missing drivers)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">If it isn't recognized, i would first check what options do i have in BIOS after the upgrade, maybe they unlocked some features that may help, specially SATA/ATA/IDE/LEGACY mode/AHCI mode/UEFI, anything related to storage</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">If still not recognized in BIOS, i would check if the HDD is faulty (because it is compatible with SATA 6Gb/s, SATA 3Gb/s & SATA 1.5Gb/s: <a href="http://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/product/consumer/850evo.html" target="_blank">850 EVO | Consumer SSD | Samsung V-NAND SSD</a> )</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">If it is recognized by the BIOS but still does not boot or install Windows, you may need to provide Windows, at the installation step, storage controller drivers; the drivers might be custom and you may need to feed them to the installer, using the "Load Driver" option at the screen where you usually would select the hdd and partitions</li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Amelith Nargothrond, post: 614892, member: 60405"] If i were you, I would do the following: [LIST=1] [*]Update the bios; don't skip this part, the last update is from 11/10/2016 ([URL="https://esupport.sony.com/LA/p/swu-download.pl?mdl=SVE14122CLW&upd_id=11008&os_group_id=24"]Sony eSupport - SVE14122CLW - Controladores y Software[/URL]) [*]If you still can't boot, i would try to boot another Windows environment from a USB flash drive and try to check if the HDD is recognized after booting this environment [*]If it is, i would try to migrate the old OS with macrium for example (if you don't want to do a fresh install) or the best option would be to install a fresh Win10 (though there is only support for Win 8 on Sony's website for this laptop, and Sony is sort of known to use custom drivers for their laptops - might not work with Win10 or you might see some missing drivers) [*]If it isn't recognized, i would first check what options do i have in BIOS after the upgrade, maybe they unlocked some features that may help, specially SATA/ATA/IDE/LEGACY mode/AHCI mode/UEFI, anything related to storage [*]If still not recognized in BIOS, i would check if the HDD is faulty (because it is compatible with SATA 6Gb/s, SATA 3Gb/s & SATA 1.5Gb/s: [URL="http://www.samsung.com/semiconductor/minisite/ssd/product/consumer/850evo.html"]850 EVO | Consumer SSD | Samsung V-NAND SSD[/URL] ) [*]If it is recognized by the BIOS but still does not boot or install Windows, you may need to provide Windows, at the installation step, storage controller drivers; the drivers might be custom and you may need to feed them to the installer, using the "Load Driver" option at the screen where you usually would select the hdd and partitions [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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