- Jan 22, 2011
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I just installed a Kingston 128GB VNow SSD in my brand new Thinkpad Edge 15. I found that I cannot do a image backup of my C: Drive with any backup program. Some programs give me an I/O error like Windows Backup, others get a Blue Screen of Death about halfway through.
I scheduled a CHKDSK C: /R so CHKDSK is run on the C: drive before Windows comes up. It gets through all the files test no issues, but on the last test (the sector test I presume) it crashed with BSOD about halfway through.
I'm trying to determine if the SSD could be corrupt and a reformat and re-install will fix it (bummer I can't even make an image copy so it will take hours to reinstall my dozens of apps), OR, could it be some sort of hardware compatibility issue or configuration problem.
I saw a post somewhere referencing an SSD and BSOD and the recommendation was to change the SATA setting in the BIOS for ACHI to COMPATIBILITY. I tried that, but then Windows won't load, it crashes right after you see the Starting Windows part so I had to set it back to ACHI. I did see some reference to changing the mode BEFORE installing Windows. Could this be the issue.
The machine runs great otherwise. I have the SSD partitioned into a C: and D: drive and I can backup all my data (file backup not image copy) on D: no problems.
I checked the alignment and got this:
Partition 1 Primary Size=1199MB Offset=1024MB (SYSTEM_DRV partition)
Partition 2 Primary Size=48GB Offset=1200MB (this is my C: drive)
Partition 3 Primary Size=69GB Offset=49GB (this is D
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Maybe Kingston is crap and I need to just go back to Corsair Xtreme like I used before on my other laptop? Is probably a faulty hardware issue or do I just need to reformat it? (Bummer I can't create an image to restore as reinstalling my dozens of apps will take hours!)
I scheduled a CHKDSK C: /R so CHKDSK is run on the C: drive before Windows comes up. It gets through all the files test no issues, but on the last test (the sector test I presume) it crashed with BSOD about halfway through.
I'm trying to determine if the SSD could be corrupt and a reformat and re-install will fix it (bummer I can't even make an image copy so it will take hours to reinstall my dozens of apps), OR, could it be some sort of hardware compatibility issue or configuration problem.
I saw a post somewhere referencing an SSD and BSOD and the recommendation was to change the SATA setting in the BIOS for ACHI to COMPATIBILITY. I tried that, but then Windows won't load, it crashes right after you see the Starting Windows part so I had to set it back to ACHI. I did see some reference to changing the mode BEFORE installing Windows. Could this be the issue.
The machine runs great otherwise. I have the SSD partitioned into a C: and D: drive and I can backup all my data (file backup not image copy) on D: no problems.
I checked the alignment and got this:
Partition 1 Primary Size=1199MB Offset=1024MB (SYSTEM_DRV partition)
Partition 2 Primary Size=48GB Offset=1200MB (this is my C: drive)
Partition 3 Primary Size=69GB Offset=49GB (this is D
Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Maybe Kingston is crap and I need to just go back to Corsair Xtreme like I used before on my other laptop? Is probably a faulty hardware issue or do I just need to reformat it? (Bummer I can't create an image to restore as reinstalling my dozens of apps will take hours!)
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