I mean, I put the OS X SSD to my Windows computer but booting into the DOS OS and from there do the upgrade.
As it don't work from my Macbook.
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Bootable Samsung Performance Restoration Software (USB image and instructions inside)
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I mean, I put the OS X SSD to my Windows computer but booting into the DOS OS and from there do the upgrade.
As it don't work from my Macbook.
in the end it worked perfectly, just followed this tutorial. but that was on the macbook 15" where the ssd actually is. The same stick would not boot for the life of me on the 13-incher, which is of the same vintage (mid-2012).
I blame this crap named 'free dos', it was probably failing trying to initialze some internal disk (the 13-inch has 2 spinners, one 1TB hybrid and the apple's 750GB in a caddy).
the 15 has the 840EVO plus the apple 750GB and it booted the samsung program after printing a load of disk warnings. update took under 2 hours and went smoothly.
why on earth does samsung use this POS freedos instead of a small linux image for this is beyond me.
cheers!
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I suppose it would work, but dont let windows touch the disk (format, repairm etc) or it would be destroyed for good
I blame this crap named 'free dos', it was probably failing trying to initialze some internal disk (the 13-inch has 2 spinners, one 1TB hybrid and the apple's 750GB in a caddy).
the 15 has the 840EVO plus the apple 750GB and it booted the samsung program after printing a load of disk warnings. update took under 2 hours and went smoothly.
why on earth does samsung use this POS freedos instead of a small linux image for this is beyond me.
cheers!
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I suppose it would work, but dont let windows touch the disk (format, repairm etc) or it would be destroyed for good
Keep calm and continue with the current firmware or put the SSD in another computer.
source image volume size not an exact multiple of 1MiB
I'm trying to get this to work, but whenever I try to get the SYSLINUX partition on my USB drive via DiskUtility, I get the error "Source Image volume size not an exact multiple of 1 MiB." I'm able to get the reFIT partition to restore properly, so I'm not sure what to do. Anybody have ideas?
I did a Google search about the error, but everything seemed to indicate this was an error associated with OS 10.5 or 10.6, which I have not been on for quite some time.
I'm trying to get this to work, but whenever I try to get the SYSLINUX partition on my USB drive via DiskUtility, I get the error "Source Image volume size not an exact multiple of 1 MiB." I'm able to get the reFIT partition to restore properly, so I'm not sure what to do. Anybody have ideas?
I did a Google search about the error, but everything seemed to indicate this was an error associated with OS 10.5 or 10.6, which I have not been on for quite some time.
I am also getting the error: "Source Image volume size not an exact multiple of 1 MiB". I'm on OS X 10.10.
Anybody know what it means, or how to fix it?
Hi,
Important note, that you may add to your beautiful, detailed and best instruction, I've read til now:
The moment you create 2 new partitions, you need to choose under "options" the ms-dos-partition (third option to choose from above), NOT the GUID-formation (which is standard (first option from above), before you apply to create the new partitions.
Otherwise, you cannot drag and drop the FAT-Partition to "destination".
Thanks for your work. Very good instruction, even though I'm German, I understood everything.
Greetings from Germany
Clark
Thank you for the correction, I'll try and see if the post is young enough for me to edit it.
I'm dumb and stuck and step 20. It's unclear to me where to SYSLINUX.
I tried to drag and drop in Disk Utility SYSLINUX to the FAT-32 drive from the list on the left, but that didn't do anything.
I guess I'm really not sure where the destination for the drag and drop is, and what exactly to drag and drop.
I tried to drag and drop in Disk Utility SYSLINUX to the FAT-32 drive from the list on the left, but that didn't do anything.
I guess I'm really not sure where the destination for the drag and drop is, and what exactly to drag and drop.
Hi, Did you read my last post? You have to do a MASTER-DOS Partition. And then set up fat32, otherwise it will not work and you cannot drag and drop anything to "destination". Ready last post. In partition menu under "options" it is the third option from above.
Greeting
Clark
Thanks, Clark!
I'm not sure where "MASTER_DOS" is located in the Format options. I had used MS-DOS (FAT) BEFORE.
Not this menu, the other one, named "Options" under the both visualized partitions there is a button. And THEN the menu with ms-fat which formats the selected partition.
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The FAT-32 partition was already set to MASTER DOS I think. Regardless I made sure it was select and followed the steps again. I'm still stuck at step 20 still. What is the destination the step is talking about?
Yes it is. When I tried to drag and drop it, it just wasn't possible to drop it in destination. After I started from the beginning and made the Master-DOS partition it worked fine. Be sure to start from the beginning and make the master-DOS partition and then formate with fat32. Another tip I cannot give you, haven't tried anything else. Good luck and good night (1:40 am in Germany fit now.)
If it still doesn't work, try with another USB Stick maybe...
Greetings
Clark
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Thanks, Clark. I hope you sleep well.
I'm pretty sure I've figured out how to execute step 20. The problem is when I do so I get an error. I've gotten said error on two different usb drives.
I keep getting the same error message. Did you manage to fix this.
Also: does this tutorial work for Fusion drives?
It worked when I followed these orders exactly. No sweat.
First it updated the firmware of my Samsung Evo 840 250GB (Revision changed from EXT0AB0Q to EXT0BB6Q). After that the performance restoration failed but when I booted my Mac and did it again it was a success! I don't know how long it did it because I went to sleep.
But it didn't help with my Samsung SSD being really slow. Testing with Blackmagic software it was 106MB/s write and 135MB/s read before and after this operation (Numbers are always within a couple of MB/s).
For reference I'm using mid-late 2010 Mac Mini (OS X 10.8.5). The SSD was in the Sata-slot of the original replaced hard drive.
I couldn't get the external optical drive to boot the restoration with the disk image from Samsung website. It just gave me a black screen and a blinking underscore. I also tried with Rufus 2.1 but it didn't work. And I also have a 500GB HDD in the place of the optical drive but I opted to do this via USB flash drive (regular USB 2.0 16GB).
How are the r/w speeds for you guys who got this performance restoration to work on your Evo 840?
First it updated the firmware of my Samsung Evo 840 250GB (Revision changed from EXT0AB0Q to EXT0BB6Q). After that the performance restoration failed but when I booted my Mac and did it again it was a success! I don't know how long it did it because I went to sleep.
But it didn't help with my Samsung SSD being really slow. Testing with Blackmagic software it was 106MB/s write and 135MB/s read before and after this operation (Numbers are always within a couple of MB/s).
For reference I'm using mid-late 2010 Mac Mini (OS X 10.8.5). The SSD was in the Sata-slot of the original replaced hard drive.
I couldn't get the external optical drive to boot the restoration with the disk image from Samsung website. It just gave me a black screen and a blinking underscore. I also tried with Rufus 2.1 but it didn't work. And I also have a 500GB HDD in the place of the optical drive but I opted to do this via USB flash drive (regular USB 2.0 16GB).
How are the r/w speeds for you guys who got this performance restoration to work on your Evo 840?
Last time I benched ine is was around 540/480It worked when I followed these orders exactly. No sweat.
First it updated the firmware of my Samsung Evo 840 250GB (Revision changed from EXT0AB0Q to EXT0BB6Q). After that the performance restoration failed but when I booted my Mac and did it again it was a success! I don't know how long it did it because I went to sleep.
But it didn't help with my Samsung SSD being really slow. Testing with Blackmagic software it was 106MB/s write and 135MB/s read before and after this operation (Numbers are always within a couple of MB/s).
For reference I'm using mid-late 2010 Mac Mini (OS X 10.8.5). The SSD was in the Sata-slot of the original replaced hard drive.
I couldn't get the external optical drive to boot the restoration with the disk image from Samsung website. It just gave me a black screen and a blinking underscore. I also tried with Rufus 2.1 but it didn't work. And I also have a 500GB HDD in the place of the optical drive but I opted to do this via USB flash drive (regular USB 2.0 16GB).
How are the r/w speeds for you guys who got this performance restoration to work on your Evo 840?
JUst got a promotion at work in the last few weeks with the lack of time that goes along with it. I'm trying to find time I swear it.
