cameronjpu

Yeah this is not my first repair install ;) The original was fully updated, and the repair install was done with an SP3 disk. Still didn't work.

OK I got the drive and the computer back and looked back through all the suggestions above. I did update the driver to current 2011 version - it was stuck back in 2008. I was really hopeful about that one. Nope, same error 15 minutes after reboot. Then I did a full repair install of Windows XP. No dice. Same error. I'm stuck, any more suggestions? The drive is beyond warranty so it would only be exchangeable by Corsair, not Newegg, and not returnable for a refund. Argh!

I didn't clone it from a HDD, it was cloned from a smaller SSD.

So you're saying you think that if one drive doesn't work, the problem would not be the drive, but the combination of technologies that are incompatible? Reinstalling the OS from scratch is not an option, on a computer that in used for business every day. Too much work to be worth it.

It's a laptop, so most of those ideas are not possible. What's an IRST? Is this a common problem, and does it make more sense to buy a different product? How likely is Corsair to exchange? The BIOS is up to date already.

This is a drive that I installed for a client. I did a drive clone using acronis truimage and then ran Windows. After about 10 minutes, consistently, I get a blue screen bad pool header on the new drive. I have ICH9. I have changed the drive type in the BIOS to AHCI from the Intel Rapid Restore Tech option that it was at before. I downloaded and ran the Corsair firmware updater, and it told me that the firmware on offer was not for my drive. I don't know how to tell what version of the Force drive I have - the model number is F120GB2, so I assumed it was Force2. It reported to the updater that it was firmware 2.0 already. Can anyone help me get this problem fixed? Thanks!