So I bought a dual drive for my wifes Vaio Laptop (VGN-NS150D)… it’s a bit older, but not too bad. When I start it up, it sees the 120GB Partition as it should… but when I try to format the partition to install windows it pitches errors at me. One is 0x8007045D which is an I/O Error as near as I could find out. Below are the troubleshooting steps I took:
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Installed on another PC and formatted - Worked
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Installed back in VAIO and tried installing to formatted partition - Copied about 2GB of files, then pitched an IO Error Again
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Tried to partiion the drive in the laptop with a Linux Live (gparted) - Pitched an IO Error
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Updated the BIOS on the VAIO - No Dice
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Updated the Firmware on the WD Black - No Dice
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TRIED looking for ICH9M Sata Drivers for the F6 portion of Windows install - No Dice
SO I’m TOTALLY at a loss here. I’m thinking it’s a SATA controller incompatibilitly.
Any help would be great. Thanks