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    Re-jigging Failed C Drive SSD

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Zarathrustra, Dec 27, 2013.

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    Fellow forum members may wish to know that I have managed to re-jigg my Z12's failed C drive SSD to get around this catastrophe.

    I had naively thought that I could just open up the Z12, identify the 'C' SSD and switch it for one of the other still-functioning 3 SSDs. I'd failed to just re-label one as the 'C' drive.

    Alas, when I opened up the Z12, I found that the SSD sub-unit had all the SSDs soldered in; they were not removable.

    However, it turned out that this sub-unit is in fact made up of two boards, screwed together in a sandwich. So it is possible to switch the top and the bottom boards around, so switching the order of the SSDs. And thus one of the good SSDs became the new 'C' drive.

    I then simply used the previously made Rescue DVD to restore the Z12 to its factory settings and all is working as new, albeit with only 3 SSDs instead of 4 (but in fact enough memory for my purposes).
     
    Zarathrustra, Dec 27, 2013
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