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    [SOLVED] BSOD when booting SSD drive on Toshiba Tecra Z50-A

    After much time spent fooling around with BIOS options and several attempts to recover with the Toshiba Recovery Wizard disks I decided to try the Windows 8.1 Pro disks that originally came with my system. Well believe it or not, using the WIN 8.1 PRO disks I was able to set up the SSD drive...
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    [SOLVED] BSOD when booting SSD drive on Toshiba Tecra Z50-A

    I have a Toshiba Tecra Z50-A (part # PT545A-01W002) with BIOS version 4.30 (26/04/2018) installed running Windows 7 PRO SP1. I installed a brand new Crucial MX500 SSD drive and used the Toshiba Recovery Drive to load the disk with WIN7. The install all went well but when the system was going...
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    [SOLVED] SSD drive upgrade for Toshiba Tecra Z50 Laptop

    I have a Toshiba Tecra Z50 (PT545A-01W002) laptop that I would like to replace the installed HDD with a 500GB SSD drive. The system is running a 64-bit version of Windows 7 Professional. I tried installing a 500GB Crucial MX500 SSD drive, which although it cloned without any issues, when...