The laptop it brings up a low resolution SAGER logo screen, give F2 as SETUP, F7 as Boot options (to choose) if do not touch anything, then it goes through (black screen) listing related papents until the RealTEK PCIe GBE Family Controller services v2.47 reportīack: PXE-E61 media test faliure, check the cable. I also tried to start the computer with the SSD hooked up to it through the USB/mSATA with outside and on independent power with the same result: when I turn and boot that way with the same exact result. Also went through power cycle sets for SSD to "reset itsįunctionality". That news a bit comforting and just underline and highlight my original description of the situation.
Consequently it is not related to any SSD hardware problem.
The Proof is that by taking out the drive from the laptop and hook it up to another computer through mSATA/USB bridge, I can open the drive (so it is not locked) (seller, of the one year old laptop) likely has other boot, OS/SATA management related problem. Going through with the Crucial tech support (manufacturer) and parallel with PowerNotebooks tech support I appreciate your quick answer and actually hoped for something more encouraging form the community in the light that the answer is actually wrong. The drive has failed totally and appears to the installation media as a locked drive.
If the BIOS doesn't recognise the SSD and the installation disk doesn't recognise the SSD, you don't have an SSD anymore.Īs bad as the above scenario is, with recovery disks and backups of important data, it is a lot of work but recoverable if you install a new SSD and start over.
Original Title: Fundamental problem in Windows 8.1 If ANYONE would be able to help and suggest protocols, fixes and related webpages etc. TWO BASIC QUESTION: 1) HOW CAN I FIX THIS, and 2) WHAT IS THE REASON FOR SSD LOCK UP? Of course all of the system information is on the HD/SSD.The video-card is recognized and exist/enabled Manually input all original system boot settings is impossible, because 1) boot does not recognize original system structure/devices and drivers, so I can not enable/disable 2) I am not a boot specialists.
Command prompt for only 32 bit system is available, and directory can be listed (I am not really familiar with this type of input) but the laptop is 64 bit and perhaps a protocol for command prompt would help to unlock the drive.Re-installing Windows 8.0 from the original recovery would likely run into serious trouble if the SSD is really locked.Earlier System Restore points are not available because the SSD is basically nonexistent and can not be reached from the recovery disk.Consequently re-formatting the SSD is also not an option for the same reason.Re-imaging the computer again is not an option will loose everything (~250 GB of stuff, SSD is about halfway full).There is no option on the recovery disk for unlocking the SSD, only for re-formatting it through the PC-Reset option (not applicable, will loose everything).Taking out and back the SSD did not solve the problem.I can believe to the Recovery CD when reports that the SSD is locked, because messages and behavior point to this diagnosis. Using just F7 Boot select, on the black screen it says media is not recognized and leaving PXE Room, check the cable, the it says select proper boot device and try again. The original Recovery CD/DVD and set the boot order to DVD drive I was able to attempt the repair and in advanced mode with automatic fix the answer is that can not be completed because the Only the DVD drive is recognizable and was active/enabled. Apparently the Boot can not read (at least this is how I can interpret system structure and parameters, this is why show up in a simplified mode. While everything was working fine this morning and used the laptop as usual and shut down the system as always, upon restarting the laptop it did not came back normally, and with simplified bios in which many SATA load (?) points were empty (I am not sure Similarly serious problem: basically nothing can be loaded, because the SSD appears to be locked in Windows 8.1.
Since my last post ~more than half year ago Pa Bear and others helped to fix a serious problem when during the update the 8.1 rendered my laptop to a dead paperweight, due to incomplete imaging of the OS during installation.