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i cannot complet recovery OEM OS

marsitr — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 08:05:48 GMT

hello im sorry for my bad english im slovak. i have Sony Vaio EB1S1E a bought nwe HDD but when i recover OS from recovery DVD, installation is not complet. at finish installation when install service write error: "installation could not be completed because hardware" i dont know what doing now.

Re: i cannot complet recovery OEM OS

Blencogo — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:32:33 GMT

Hi marsitr and welcome.

What is the make and model of the new hard disc?

Is it an 'Advanced Format' large hard drive?

Re: i cannot complet recovery OEM OS

marsitr — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:54:32 GMT

HDD is Western Digital Scorpio Blue WD5000BPVT 500GB SATA2 S/N: WXM1EC1JDHTW. what do you mean it 'Advanced Format' large hard drive?

Re: i cannot complet recovery OEM OS

Blencogo — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 11:38:37 GMT

Unfortunately, that is an 'Advanced Format' hard drive. Advanced Format uses larger sector sizes and allows larger hard drive capacities to be produced.

Any PC running Vista SP2 or Windows 7 will support AF hard drives but unfortunately, the Sony Recovery Discs do not recognise this new format. You can try contacting Vaio Support about this.

I think you can do one of the following: -

1. Exchange the HDD for a standard format drive.

2. Create a 'mirror' of your old drive and copy this to the new AF Drive.

3. Do a 'clean install' of a comercially available version of Windows onto the AF Drive.

Option 1 is easiest if you can arrange an exchange. Here is a guide to the WD model numbers: -

http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/other/2579-001028.pdf

I think you need a WD5000BEVT drive.

Re: i cannot complet recovery OEM OS

marsitr — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:07:49 GMT

so dont work with with old version of Intel Rapid Storage (IRS) but with version 9.6 and newer it is possible or not? Can i load new driver IRS during recovery OS?

Re: i cannot complet recovery OEM OS

marsitr — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 20:15:23 GMT

which can i use it?

http://www.hgst.com/internal-drives/mobile/travelstar/travelstar-5k500b Hitachi 500GB HTS545050B9A301
or
http://storage.toshiba.eu/cms/en/hdd/product_overview/product_detail.jsp?productid=411 Toshiba 500GB, MQ01ABD050