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Old June 4th 04, 07:19 PM
Hugh Candlin
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Default Looking for Win 98SE Recovery CD for Sony VAIO PCV-R553DS


Gary Richtmeyer wrote in message ...
This NG may not be the best place to post this, but I'm getting desperate:

I have a customer with a Sony VAIO PCV-R553DS who was running Win 98SE. She
has wiped her C: drive completely clean (don't ask!) and asked me to
reinstall Win 98SE. Normally I would use the Recovery CD that came with the
PC, but she doesn't have any of the books or CDs.

I have a full retail version of Win 98SE to do the install, but don't have
any of the VAIO-proprietary software drivers. I've contacted Sony and they
stock and sell Recovery CDs for lots of VAIO PCs, but nothing is available
for the R553DS, not the Recovery CD nor any of the software drivers. They
understand my situation, but say there's nothing they can do.

I've done driver searches many times before for other situations, but coming
up dry on this one ... plus, I can't tell what some of the hardware cards
(no markings) and there's no way of identifying the onboard hardware (e.g.
audio).

Bottom line: I need to acquire a copy of the System Recovery CD for a Sony
VAIO PCV-R553DS. I've Googled till I'm blue in the face, but am striking
out. Does anybody have one or can point me to someplace that might have
one?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW


  #2  
Old June 5th 04, 09:27 PM
Gary Richtmeyer
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Default Looking for Win 98SE Recovery CD for Sony VAIO PCV-R553DS

All you will need after the install of the system
is the drivers for the hardware of that particular Sony PC.


And that is the crux of the problem as stated in my original post.

But there's a happy end to this story which I'll post separately.


Gary Richtmeyer


"ppoatt" wrote in message
...
But...
With any Win98SE CD and that web page I refered you to
you can get the PC to work.
Any Windows system CD will work on just about any
machine. All you will need after the install of the system
is the drivers for the hardware of that particular Sony PC.
...I think? ...I'm pretty sure.
-----Original Message-----
Thanks, but that's the Sony VAIO support site and I've

already been there.
They don't show a Recovery CD, which is what prompted my

phone call to them
only to have them tell me "it's not available anymore".

Gary Richtmeyer

"ppoatt" wrote in

message
...
Try this web page:

http://ciscdb.sel.sony.com/perl/modelpage.pl?
template=EN&mdl=PCVR553DS

It may have what you are looking for.


-----Original Message-----
This NG may not be the best place to post this, but I'm
getting desperate:

I have a customer with a Sony VAIO PCV-R553DS who was
running Win 98SE. She
has wiped her C: drive completely clean (don't ask!)

and
asked me to
reinstall Win 98SE. Normally I would use the Recovery

CD
that came with the
PC, but she doesn't have any of the books or CDs.

I have a full retail version of Win 98SE to do the
install, but don't have
any of the VAIO-proprietary software drivers. I've
contacted Sony and they
stock and sell Recovery CDs for lots of VAIO PCs, but
nothing is available
for the R553DS, not the Recovery CD nor any of the
software drivers. They
understand my situation, but say there's nothing they

can
do.

I've done driver searches many times before for other
situations, but coming
up dry on this one ... plus, I can't tell what some of
the hardware cards
(no markings) and there's no way of identifying the
onboard hardware (e.g.
audio).

Bottom line: I need to acquire a copy of the System
Recovery CD for a Sony
VAIO PCV-R553DS. I've Googled till I'm blue in the

face,
but am striking
out. Does anybody have one or can point me to

someplace
that might have
one?

Thanks for any help.

Gary Richtmeyer


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  #3  
Old June 5th 04, 09:45 PM
Gary Richtmeyer
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Default Looking for Win 98SE Recovery CD for Sony VAIO PCV-R553DS

Thanks to all who posted. I've got the PC running with all the drivers and
the customer is happy.

The turning point was when I found an old, obscure post where someone was
selling the exact same model. The "for sale" post listed all the hardware
in the PC (even the onboard stuff). Using that list, I was able to locate
all the needed drivers.

Gary Richtmeyer


"Gary Richtmeyer" wrote in message
...
This NG may not be the best place to post this, but I'm getting desperate:

I have a customer with a Sony VAIO PCV-R553DS who was running Win 98SE.

She
has wiped her C: drive completely clean (don't ask!) and asked me to
reinstall Win 98SE. Normally I would use the Recovery CD that came with

the
PC, but she doesn't have any of the books or CDs.

I have a full retail version of Win 98SE to do the install, but don't have
any of the VAIO-proprietary software drivers. I've contacted Sony and

they
stock and sell Recovery CDs for lots of VAIO PCs, but nothing is available
for the R553DS, not the Recovery CD nor any of the software drivers. They
understand my situation, but say there's nothing they can do.

I've done driver searches many times before for other situations, but

coming
up dry on this one ... plus, I can't tell what some of the hardware cards
(no markings) and there's no way of identifying the onboard hardware (e.g.
audio).

Bottom line: I need to acquire a copy of the System Recovery CD for a Sony
VAIO PCV-R553DS. I've Googled till I'm blue in the face, but am striking
out. Does anybody have one or can point me to someplace that might have
one?

Thanks for any help.

Gary Richtmeyer




  #4  
Old June 6th 04, 09:32 AM
Gary S. Terhune
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Default Looking for Win 98SE Recovery CD for Sony VAIO PCV-R553DS

APPLAUSE!!!

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MS MVP for Win9x

"Gary Richtmeyer" wrote in message
...
Thanks to all who posted. I've got the PC running with all the drivers

and
the customer is happy.

The turning point was when I found an old, obscure post where someone was
selling the exact same model. The "for sale" post listed all the hardware
in the PC (even the onboard stuff). Using that list, I was able to locate
all the needed drivers.

Gary Richtmeyer


  #5  
Old February 20th 05, 05:36 AM
149qus
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Cool

To Gary Richtmeyer

I have a Sony VAIO model PCV-R553DS, and I have the recovery discs;
unfortunately in talking to the Sony Folks my problem in
recovering my computer is probably a faulty "system recovery disc".....
How did you solve your difficulty?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh Candlin
Gary Richtmeyer wrote in message ...
This NG may not be the best place to post this, but I'm getting desperate:

I have a customer with a Sony VAIO PCV-R553DS who was running Win 98SE. She
has wiped her C: drive completely clean (don't ask!) and asked me to
reinstall Win 98SE. Normally I would use the Recovery CD that came with the
PC, but she doesn't have any of the books or CDs.

I have a full retail version of Win 98SE to do the install, but don't have
any of the VAIO-proprietary software drivers. I've contacted Sony and they
stock and sell Recovery CDs for lots of VAIO PCs, but nothing is available
for the R553DS, not the Recovery CD nor any of the software drivers. They
understand my situation, but say there's nothing they can do.

I've done driver searches many times before for other situations, but coming
up dry on this one ... plus, I can't tell what some of the hardware cards
(no markings) and there's no way of identifying the onboard hardware (e.g.
audio).

Bottom line: I need to acquire a copy of the System Recovery CD for a Sony
VAIO PCV-R553DS. I've Googled till I'm blue in the face, but am striking
out. Does anybody have one or can point me to someplace that might have
one?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW
  #6  
Old February 20th 05, 05:36 AM
149qus
External Usenet User
 
Posts: 2
Cool

To Gary Richtmeyer

I have a Sony VAIO model PCV-R553DS, and I have the recovery discs;
unfortunately in talking to the Sony Folks my problem in
recovering my computer is probably a faulty "system recovery disc".....
How did you solve your difficulty?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hugh Candlin
Gary Richtmeyer wrote in message ...
This NG may not be the best place to post this, but I'm getting desperate:

I have a customer with a Sony VAIO PCV-R553DS who was running Win 98SE. She
has wiped her C: drive completely clean (don't ask!) and asked me to
reinstall Win 98SE. Normally I would use the Recovery CD that came with the
PC, but she doesn't have any of the books or CDs.

I have a full retail version of Win 98SE to do the install, but don't have
any of the VAIO-proprietary software drivers. I've contacted Sony and they
stock and sell Recovery CDs for lots of VAIO PCs, but nothing is available
for the R553DS, not the Recovery CD nor any of the software drivers. They
understand my situation, but say there's nothing they can do.

I've done driver searches many times before for other situations, but coming
up dry on this one ... plus, I can't tell what some of the hardware cards
(no markings) and there's no way of identifying the onboard hardware (e.g.
audio).

Bottom line: I need to acquire a copy of the System Recovery CD for a Sony
VAIO PCV-R553DS. I've Googled till I'm blue in the face, but am striking
out. Does anybody have one or can point me to someplace that might have
one?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW
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Old June 29th 05, 09:10 AM
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they have the recovery cd's but it'll cost you $20 bucks.


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