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    Error when starting new Sony Z12

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by jkh13, Sep 4, 2010.

  1. jkh13

    jkh13 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Just bought a new sony Z128GG (i7, fullHD screen, 256GB) and when starting up it gives me an error message on boot as shown below:

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    When it goes into windows it works fine, just wondering what does the error mean and is it normal?
     
    jkh13, Sep 4, 2010
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    Enny02 Notebook Consultant

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    I don't think that is normal with these errors. Your 256GB RAID 0 has 4 SSD's, 3 of them show an error but the RAID shows status normal. What is the disk drive capacity in Windows?
    I don't know if someone else knows about this issue here in the forum but I would contact Sony or go to a Sony store.
     
    Enny02, Sep 4, 2010
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    Andrew08 Notebook Evangelist

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    this is what happened to me 3 weeks ago...
    so what is your WEI score for hardisk transfer rate?
     
    Andrew08, Sep 4, 2010
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    I think Im just going to take it back now and try to get a replacement. When I start up windows intel rapid storage keeps telling me an error has occurred on one of the disks. I can actually get the 3 disks to be back to normal by restarting them using the intel software since I tried it on one of the three but I'm not going to risk it and I am going to take it back to Sony and see if they will replace the laptop since I only bought it today.

    I don't know the WEI and won't be able to test it now as I have put it back into the packaging now, sorry.
     
    jkh13, Sep 4, 2010
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    Keep in mind, with RAID 0 you can have data loss when one drive fails.
    If the data is distributed evenly between the disks (like at a normal hardware RAID 0) then you will have data loss when one dives completely fails because it'll break the whole RAID.
     
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    Which is why I thought it was weird, in Raid 0 if any disk breaks data loss occurs yet windows loaded up and showed all the HD space...
     
    jkh13, Sep 5, 2010
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    The RAID member disks aren't failed, just have an error. If this were the case you wouldn't be booting to Windows.

    Run a "Verify" pass in the Intel Storage app. It may repair the condition, but you are right to get it serviced.

    Also, the serial numbers are off-sequence which is strange to me. Looks like your SSD's may have come from two different production-passes. Not a huge deal since they are still the same model, but this is the first time I've seen that.
     
    ZoinksS2k, Sep 5, 2010
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