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Error 333 after Hard Drive Update

Topic started on Jun 15, 2012 1:51 AM , last reply on Jun 20, 2012 8:31 PM

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mardillo28
mardillo28
8 posts since
Oct 26, 2011

Hi, I hope someone can help. My VAIO has been out of use for 9 months as I can't solve this problem. I replaced a failed Hard Drive with a Western Digital  500GB SATA drive but now the Recovery Center fails at 2% with Error 333.

 

The web is littered with people who have the same problem after replacing a hard drive. It seems that Error 333 means that the Recovery software doesn't recognise the hard drive, maybe due to there being no partitions on the new drive from what I understand.

 

Apparently Error 333 is not described on the Sony support website and people say that Sony Support are no help and just say to send in the laptop to them. But I've already spent up to €200 getting a faulty hinge fixed and another €150 on the new hard drive so can't afford to spend anymore especially when the hard drive failed after just over a year's use!! I don't have a copy of Windows to do a clean install.

 

Any help on how to get the recovery disks working would be greatly appreciated!! (They are not faulty - I have a set of my own and a new set from Sony)


  • suntattood
    suntattood
    23 posts since
    Jun 12, 2012
    Written on Jun 15, 2012 6:54 AM

    I have learned this type of issue from a friend where he already spent a total of $500 or more just to have his hard drive fixed, but unfortunately, what happened is different. What I did was I simply buy a new one which works better.


  • Blencogo
    Blencogo
    10,957 posts since
    Dec 22, 2004
    Written on Jun 15, 2012 11:06 AM

    Which model hard drive have you purchased?  If it is one with Advanced Formatting then the Recovery Discs may not recognise the larger sectors.


  • Blencogo
    Blencogo
    10,957 posts since
    Dec 22, 2004
    Written on Jun 15, 2012 11:08 AM

    Sorry, can you also tell us which model Vaio you have?


  • KatherineYH
    KatherineYH
    96 posts since
    Jul 23, 2011
    Written on Jun 20, 2012 5:26 PM

    Didn't you try to reset BIOS to defaults? Or, maybe, upgrade it to a newer version? Maybe it's some kind of HDD and SATA controller incompatibility? Try to switch SATA controller modes through BIOS, if it's possible. By the way, the new HDD is the same type\size\manufacturer? And the last - didn't you try to contact the support?

     

    By the way, what's located on the recovery disk? May be it's just a program, that starts the recovery process from a hidden recovery partition on your old HDD? No partition - no recovery.

     

    http://community.spiceworks.com/topic/130248-sony-vaio-recovery-error-333

     

     

     

     

     

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  • rich912
    rich912
    6,442 posts since
    Aug 28, 2004
    Written on Jun 20, 2012 8:31 PM

    @KatherineYH
    Why do you persist in copy/pasting other people’s replies to similar issues from various forums?


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