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    Mounting extracted Sony VPCZ1 Samsung SSD (128 GBx4 RAID)

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by atulbutte, Jun 10, 2012.

  1. atulbutte

    atulbutte Newbie

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    I have a VPC-Z1190X (VPCZ1190XB-LBOM) purchased back in April 2010, with the 512 GB Samsung SSD setup (actually 128 GB x 2 x 2). Windows 7 did its thing one night and I couldn't boot into the machine since then, nor could I restore it with any Windows tools or CD-ROM.

    Though I have a decent backup, I wanted to try to salvage more files that didn't make it into the nightly backup.

    Using the instructions here:
    I was successfully able to remove the Samsung SSDs and the microSATA ribbon from the laptop.

    I obviously now want to mount this SSD on another computer, either through PCMCIA or (preferably) USB. But mounting this SSD setup seems to be way more challenging than the usual hard disk removal.

    Has anyone ever had luck purchasing an enclosure for this Samsung SSD setup, with the matching/original hardware to support the RAID array across the four SSDs, so that I have some hope of accessing these 4 SSDs as one, just like how Windows was treating it in the original laptop?

    My SSD units are SAMSUNG MMDPE56GQDXP-MVB and I think my original storage controller was an Intel RAID Controller.

    Apologies if this thread already exists, and I just couldn't find it; forum search seems to be broken today.
    Thanks in advance.
     
    atulbutte, Jun 10, 2012
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  2. moogleassassin

    moogleassassin Notebook Consultant

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    bump /10char
     
    moogleassassin, Jun 10, 2012
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  3. Ashers

    Ashers Notebook Evangelist

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    Ashers, Jun 11, 2012
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  4. atulbutte

    atulbutte Newbie

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    Wow, great, very helpful answer, and I didn't see your previous thread!

    Did that startek "12in Micro SATA to SATA with SATA Power Adapter Cable" mentioned in your thread at least work out for you?
     
    atulbutte, Jun 15, 2012
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  5. namaiki

    namaiki "basically rocks" Super Moderator

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    Like me, you have the Z11 which uses different plug for the SSDs. Z12 and newer use the more universal micro SATA plug, but Z11 uses a LIF plug.
     
    namaiki, Jun 15, 2012
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  6. Ashers

    Ashers Notebook Evangelist

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    I never tried it. I just encrypted the entire drive using PGP (and I backup regularly), so that if the PC fails and I have to send it back to Sony to repair, they won't have access to the commercially sensitive material that's on the SSD.
     
    Ashers, Jun 17, 2012
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