serwei
January 20, 2015, 5:18am
1
Hi there,
Trying to upgrade an old laptop with the Black2…
Clone didn’t complete booting so I tried a fresh install.
Fresh installs don’t complete, when Windows 7 goes into “Setup will complete after restart”
I get a bluescreen every time, or about 40% of the time after a reboot, the drive disappears from BIOS. I have to shutdown and wait a while.
I tried to update the firmware using freedos, but I get “Drive cannot be updated”, the FW is at version A1 (vs A2 of the update).
I was using normal HDDs and all of these work. So did I get a faulty drive? It works on the USB-SATA cable, but not in the bay.
serwei
January 20, 2015, 5:21am
2
Just to add that the problems always crop up, but not in the exact same places… Sometimes I get further in the install or the boot.
serwei
February 12, 2015, 2:15pm
3
The drive died after I managed to install Windows 8, after three hours of use. RMAed, new drive managed to do a Windows 7 migration once, fresh out of packaging. Then hung after boot and use for thirty minutes. Is it a sata problem from 2 vs 3 on the drive? Both sides were brand new from the anti static bag.
Trancer
February 12, 2015, 7:00pm
4
Maybe you should try contacting WD’s Technical Support about this. You can do so either by phone or email.
To Contact WD for Technical Support
http://support.wdc.com/contact/index.asp?lang=en
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