I just installed the HP Z-turb into my z820. I had made an image restore of my system and wanted to restore the image to my Z-Turbo.
I tried to restore the image directly to the Z-Turbo. However, after the process was completed and the computer re-started, Windows failed stating there was a start-up issue. I selected the Diagnostic and Repair option and got a dialog box stating that "Startup Repair cannot repair this computer automatically."
So, after reading online, I went back and restored the original system disks to the Z-Turbo - basically starting from scratch. After a couple of hours (really - this is asinine, the computer shut down and restarted at least 5-6 times during this installation - an incrediblt PITA!). I also found the HP FAQ for the Z-Turbo that stated the following -
How do I reimage my system with the HP Turbo Drive?
If the HP Turbo Drive is purchased as an AMO kit, HP recommends as a standard procedure that the machine be restored
to the factory configuration prior to restoring the system. That would mean the HP Turbo Drive would need to be
removed prior to restoring the system with restore media or HDD recovery. If the system is purchased with the HP Turbo Drive, it would not need to be removed prior to restoring the system. If the HP Turbo Drive is being added as a storage device / data drive, then the process involves following the installation guide. The summary of the process is to ensure the correct BIOS installs the card, and to power on the desktop.
So, after suffering through this incredibly tedious process, I then did another system restore. (I might add that Win7 doen't offer the option of "not partitioning and reformatting the drive the system is to be restored to".) So now I've completed the restore and I re-boot my z820 only to see the same DAM error message that Windows Start-up is F____ed up - again.
What's going on? I have a ton of software installed on my system and to have to re-install all of it - again (I had to do this two weeks ago) would be incredibly INFURIATING!
I'm just about ready to chuck this HP and go solo on my Mac Pro (which I might add I installed a Samsung XP941 PCIe SSD - the exact same one that's installed in the Z-Turbo, with NO PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER - just by using Carbon Copy Cloner. I didn't even have to install OS X on the "virgin" XP941 after I installed it in my Mac Pro - just cloned the backup to the SSD - simple as that and it's been running like a champ for the past six months!)
UPDATE -
I ended up buying Acronis TrueImage 2016 and was able to clone the hard drive to the Z Turbo - and it's working, finally!