petherf Posted April 8, 2012 Share Posted April 8, 2012 When i try to erase my ssd whit the guide it fail! My ssd was in sleep mode from the vendor just for protection of the win 7?(I have a upgrade dvd) and did not know how to turn it of. And when i try my pc just shut down so i have to use the first option and then it was ok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trungdtdev Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 i try secure erase but Can't boot with Parted Magic from CD or DVD. PartedMagic completes all boot steps, but after saying that the graphic server has been loaded (Xorg, VESA) the screen become black and anything happens (Can you recommend other soft for erase ssd disk ?) My laptop Qosmio X505-Q870 Chiset : Intel® Core i7 CPU Q720 @1.60GHz VGA : NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M sr for my bad english Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mysteryes Posted May 26, 2012 Share Posted May 26, 2012 ... Use option 4, Alternate graphical server at boot menu ... this should work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
escannihilator Posted June 24, 2012 Share Posted June 24, 2012 Nice guide, those are the two programs i swear by also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynan Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Yes, this is my standard method to restore my X32 raid 0 C: drive Use Windows 7 'Create System Image' to save an image on another discChange BIOS to remove the raid 0 ArrayTurn off the PC at the mains (not just shutdown -that leaves the disks locked and unable to be erased)Boot and load Parted MagicSelect Secure Erase for each X32 driveReboot into BIOSSetup Raid 0 array againReboot using Windows 7 Repair DiscRestore the saved system imageReboot and you are back to where you were I have 2 Corsair Performance Pros in RAID 0 as my boot drive. This procedure would work great, except on my X79 motherboard, Win 7 recovery can't see any attached HDDs when the controller is set to RAID mode in the BIOS. Therefore I can't access the image on another drive attached to the Intel controller or the drives that I wish to restore to. Installing the floppy RAID drivers in Win Recovery doesn't seem to do anything. The only work around I can see is to do a fresh Win7 install, then try to reload the image from within Windows. Am I missing something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnus71 Posted September 12, 2012 Share Posted September 12, 2012 Another method to backup and restore a partition with compress option and that is just copying used block is Partimage from SystemRescueCD. It's Linux based but it needs just to read a webpage with instructions here: http://www.partimage.org/Partimage-manual_Usage DON'T FORGET TO BACKUP _MBR_ before wipe your SSD. http://www.partimage.org/Partimage-manual_Backup-partition-table Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Proton Posted October 14, 2012 Share Posted October 14, 2012 Lookin for a little help. When I boot to Parted Magic, I can get to the main screen, however, mouse will not work properly. It moves pretty much OK (a little jerky and sometimes non responsive for a short time) however I can not click on anything. Tried creating a boot USB as well, same result. Using Parted Magic 2012_10_10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Have you tried a different mouse? Try a older version of Parted Magic, E.g. 6.X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Proton Posted October 15, 2012 Share Posted October 15, 2012 Did try a different mouse. Tried using a USB to PS2 converter as well. Will try an older version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arioch1 Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Paragon has utility to colne running system into SSD. It is rather expensive for shoot-and-forget one time tool, but it works like charm. AOMEI PArtition Assistant is free tool - but to me it misearably failed in cloning :-( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whiteazn Posted December 2, 2012 Share Posted December 2, 2012 has anyone tried using Macrium Reflect Free instead of Arconis? I just built my system, and now looking at Imaging programs to use for backup along with performance maintenance as described in this guide. But was looking at Macrium Free instead of Arconis. I don't care for incremental backups, and I have read alot of problems with Arconis (except that their core product is good). My main thing is for reliability of cloning my SSD, and being able to boot from USB to do the process. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jh Posted December 10, 2012 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I have used Macrium Reflect Free for over a year. Backing up the system partition was pleasant. But all that confidence proved false. When I needed to restore my system back, what I obtained of Macrium were only excuses. But it is exactly the restore operation what matters in this kind of software rather than anything else. So Macrium Reflect has failed in my eyes. Even if I messed it up somehow (I tried several different ways to get it back, and several different error messages), it failed anyway as this operation has to be straightforward and reliable. Or not promised at all. So currently, I am looking for another solution, too. May be I'll end up with a dual-boot system, after all. Still, I would like to know: Has anybody actually and successfully RESTORED in Paragon Backup? Or with other piece of sw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Proton Posted December 16, 2012 Share Posted December 16, 2012 I posted a while back about not being able to get my mouse to work. It is actually worse than that. I can't seem to get Parted Magic to work at all. I made the bootable CD using CDXP Burner (my favorite program that has always served me well for making bootable CDs etc). It boots up, however, it cannot load properly. I used Parted Magic on my SSDs about a year ago or so, however, now it just doesn't seem to work. I was excited to see a new version on the website today, but it doesn't work either. My latest attempts have been on a new rig I am preparing, a ASROCK Z77 Extreme4 with i7 3770K at 4.6ghz and a fresh install of Windows 7 Professional 64 bit. I really need to clear my SSD so I can use Acronis and get a new image loaded. Other programs? Acronis itself? Solved. I was able to boot from a USB and it worked fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Proton Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 How long should this erase take? Mine only took seconds, and that doesnt seem right. My fresh install BSODs when I try to run AS SSD. Everything else seems to be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted December 18, 2012 Share Posted December 18, 2012 That is normal. A secure erase on an SSD takes only about a second. What BSOD error code do you get? Have you tried a different SATA port and SATA data cable? Latest BIOS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Proton Posted January 1, 2013 Share Posted January 1, 2013 That is normal. A secure erase on an SSD takes only about a second. What BSOD error code do you get? Have you tried a different SATA port and SATA data cable? Latest BIOS? For the record and other folks info should they have the same problem: The issue was VTT Voltage. The memory was not stable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salmanshah Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 I followed this tutorial and got my Corsair Force 3 60GB SSD performance back to its optimum performance. Unfortunately I forgot to keep the ATTO screenshot before secure erase. This is after the secure erase: http://www.shotpix.com/images/67203296854361992566.png Secure Erased after 1 year 12 days! ~4TB data was written to it. Hope you guys liked it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonyfrn Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Anyone here tried doing this with O&O Diskimage Pro 7 ? or recommend an alternate to Acronis True Image what works well with windows 8 pro 64bit? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad_dude Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 Is step D. - Format and unit allocation, necessary, even if you are using RAID0? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 The OP says its optional for people running RAID0. Okay this section is all optional for people who are running their SSDs in a RAID0 setup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bad_dude Posted December 22, 2013 Share Posted December 22, 2013 The OP says its optional for people running RAID0. I understand that. But what I am asking is if I am running RAID0, is this a necessary step? I think after you secure erase, you have to repartition before it could be format in windows. But if you are restoring to the same drives, I think the image takes care of that right? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toasted Posted December 23, 2013 Share Posted December 23, 2013 Yes after you secure erase the drives you need to rebuild the RAID array. If you want to follow it you can, but you don't have to. As the OP said its optional for RAID0 users, i guess the imaging software he used takes care of it. If it doesn't work, you can always secure erase the drives again then follow the steps again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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