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    Updating my SSD's firmware - steps?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Primes, Oct 9, 2013.

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    I plan to update my SSD's firmware due to random system freezes and occasional blue screens. This has been going on for a while, but I'm finally getting around to doing the update.

    It's a OCZ Vertex 3 256Gb with firmware version 2.08

    This is my plan, am I missing any steps / precautions?

    1. Download and burn latest bootable firmware revision .iso (ver. 2.25)
    2. Boot Clonezilla live cd and create a full image of the SSD (drive c: )
    3. Boot the firmware .iso and let it do the update.
    4. Done. Boot back into windows 7 (hopefully).

    My concern is that I'm creating the SSD image correctly in case something goes wrong. I don't want to have to reinstall the OS.
    I've used Clonezilla before and am pretty comfortable with it.
    Am I missing anything?
     
    Primes, Oct 9, 2013
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