Thanks for this video!! When you clone it, did you turn the computer back on? Or were you cloning it in a different computer? Or...? I’m wondering how you cloned the hard drive when that and the SSD wasn’t installed yet... or was it?
To clone this hard drive, I removed it from this PC and put it into another PC that I use for cloning -- it is basically a Windows PC that has two spare SATA data and power connectors and has Minitool Partition Wizard installed. Once the hard drive is cloned onto the SSD, I remove both from my cloning rig, put the SSD into the customer PC, and start the PC. it *usually* just works, but sometimes Windows has to complete an 'automatic repair' first.
Hi, im back :), last time, i sucessfully opened up the pc etc. now its been some time and ive been getting some issues w/ the booting. my aio loves to turn on but the screen wont show anything, keyboard and mouse everything lights up. went to currys and they told me the HDD was faulty and is basically f*cked up and suggested i upgrade it/change it. i decided to get an ssd but i rlly need my old files, how should i get them back? should i jus swap out the hdd to the ssd and then clone it externally? is it possible?
Yes, you can still access the files from your hard drive via a SATA-USB cable. You wouldn't need to clone the drive; you should be able to just browse to the drive:/Users/username folder to get to your Desktop, Documents, Pictures, etc. I have seen the issue you describe on two different Sony Vaio laptops, where the laptop works fine for a while (months or years), but then this issue crops up after a Windows Update where the computer boots up with a blank screen. That is, everything appears to be working except for the screen. The issue stems from some problem with the Sony graphics driver, and at some point in the past I found a registry hack that 'fixes' the problem. (The problem doesn't completely go away and will happen again from time-to-time, but after this registry hack you just need to hold the power button to force the laptop to turn off, and the next time it boots it seems to work correctly. Very annoying, but at least it works.) The fix that worked for me is the one mentioned on 16-Deb--2013 in this thread: www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/94456-sony-vaio-display-brightness-problem-2.html Obviously that will only work for you if you're experiencing the same issue. It's probably worth a try.
Seen the problem where I get a black screen, just simply unplugged everything except from the mouse and unplugged it and plugged it back in and it works like normal. Opened up my pc when that firstly happened and oh boy, the HDD was warm/hot. It still worked after like a cool-down with no files lost. Happened when I put a Samsung 970 evo in the m.2 slot and cloned the OS to it but left the HDD in. Btw my pc didn’t beep in those black screen moments, the fans would ramp up, and the light on my memory stick would blink constantly, meaning that the pc is accessing it. Right now, as of typing this comment, I have the stick unplugged and the pc seems to work correctly.
@@Lol5967 had a talk with a local guy, he said he had a same pc come in with same problem, but that one had a fried motherboard, he said he'll have a look and i intend to find the real cause, if motherboard is fried, might aswell jus save hdd and buy a new pc. this pc has bad airflow and im really not surprised
@@ArifMd Lol I’ve had my pc for 3 years, got it precisely on 28th December 2018 and the first repair I did to it was to clean the dust out in the fans cause the fan was loud on 28th May. Acer should have known better and put the vent on the bottom instead of the top cause dust could get inside the fan when it’s just simply sitting there. UPDATE: I think the black screen problem has gone away.
@@Lol5967 bro no way i got my pc exactly 1yr snd 1 month before, and yes acer was legit planning obsolescence, and they decided to place it there, they could have placed it directly on placing the fan, making air cooling better. and howd u manage to get it away, still same old shit for me
The ones which are not threaded all the way there on the bottom not the top you need to screw them all the way in so you can match them with the tread From the monitor bit
I just re-watched the source video more closely and can confirm that the shorter screws (which are threaded the entire length of the screw) go into the threaded holes (which appear closest to me in this video, as the computer is shown upside-down, with its top edge closest to the viewer) and the longer screws (which are only partially threaded) to into the larger, unthreaded holes (which appear closer to the viewer in this video). This matches what I said in the video. Here's a short video I just made showing the first screw coming out: th-cam.com/video/6NbLp9GjyEA/w-d-xo.html I hope that helps!
Thanks for this video!! When you clone it, did you turn the computer back on? Or were you cloning it in a different computer? Or...? I’m wondering how you cloned the hard drive when that and the SSD wasn’t installed yet... or was it?
To clone this hard drive, I removed it from this PC and put it into another PC that I use for cloning -- it is basically a Windows PC that has two spare SATA data and power connectors and has Minitool Partition Wizard installed. Once the hard drive is cloned onto the SSD, I remove both from my cloning rig, put the SSD into the customer PC, and start the PC. it *usually* just works, but sometimes Windows has to complete an 'automatic repair' first.
Hi, im back :), last time, i sucessfully opened up the pc etc. now its been some time and ive been getting some issues w/ the booting. my aio loves to turn on but the screen wont show anything, keyboard and mouse everything lights up. went to currys and they told me the HDD was faulty and is basically f*cked up and suggested i upgrade it/change it. i decided to get an ssd but i rlly need my old files, how should i get them back? should i jus swap out the hdd to the ssd and then clone it externally? is it possible?
Yes, you can still access the files from your hard drive via a SATA-USB cable. You wouldn't need to clone the drive; you should be able to just browse to the drive:/Users/username folder to get to your Desktop, Documents, Pictures, etc.
I have seen the issue you describe on two different Sony Vaio laptops, where the laptop works fine for a while (months or years), but then this issue crops up after a Windows Update where the computer boots up with a blank screen. That is, everything appears to be working except for the screen.
The issue stems from some problem with the Sony graphics driver, and at some point in the past I found a registry hack that 'fixes' the problem. (The problem doesn't completely go away and will happen again from time-to-time, but after this registry hack you just need to hold the power button to force the laptop to turn off, and the next time it boots it seems to work correctly. Very annoying, but at least it works.)
The fix that worked for me is the one mentioned on 16-Deb--2013 in this thread: www.sevenforums.com/performance-maintenance/94456-sony-vaio-display-brightness-problem-2.html
Obviously that will only work for you if you're experiencing the same issue. It's probably worth a try.
Seen the problem where I get a black screen, just simply unplugged everything except from the mouse and unplugged it and plugged it back in and it works like normal. Opened up my pc when that firstly happened and oh boy, the HDD was warm/hot. It still worked after like a cool-down with no files lost. Happened when I put a Samsung 970 evo in the m.2 slot and cloned the OS to it but left the HDD in.
Btw my pc didn’t beep in those black screen moments, the fans would ramp up, and the light on my memory stick would blink constantly, meaning that the pc is accessing it. Right now, as of typing this comment, I have the stick unplugged and the pc seems to work correctly.
@@Lol5967 had a talk with a local guy, he said he had a same pc come in with same problem, but that one had a fried motherboard, he said he'll have a look and i intend to find the real cause, if motherboard is fried, might aswell jus save hdd and buy a new pc. this pc has bad airflow and im really not surprised
@@ArifMd Lol I’ve had my pc for 3 years, got it precisely on 28th December 2018 and the first repair I did to it was to clean the dust out in the fans cause the fan was loud on 28th May. Acer should have known better and put the vent on the bottom instead of the top cause dust could get inside the fan when it’s just simply sitting there.
UPDATE: I think the black screen problem has gone away.
@@Lol5967 bro no way i got my pc exactly 1yr snd 1 month before, and yes acer was legit planning obsolescence, and they decided to place it there, they could have placed it directly on placing the fan, making air cooling better. and howd u manage to get it away, still same old shit for me
hey, is the case held in by clips or glue? so when taking it off, its just some clips i need to pry off and push them back in?
Clips only - no glue or adhesive. It took quite a lot of (careful) prying before it came loose.
@@ComputerHelpNI oh alr ty
The ones which are not threaded all the way there on the bottom not the top you need to screw them all the way in so you can match them with the tread From the monitor bit
I just re-watched the source video more closely and can confirm that the shorter screws (which are threaded the entire length of the screw) go into the threaded holes (which appear closest to me in this video, as the computer is shown upside-down, with its top edge closest to the viewer) and the longer screws (which are only partially threaded) to into the larger, unthreaded holes (which appear closer to the viewer in this video). This matches what I said in the video.
Here's a short video I just made showing the first screw coming out: th-cam.com/video/6NbLp9GjyEA/w-d-xo.html
I hope that helps!
Which SSD did you use?
I used a Crucial MX 500. I typically only use those or the Samsung SSDs.