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reinstall system on Sony Vaio without formatting
How can I reinstall Windows me on a Sony Vaio PCV-RX470DS without formatting
the hard drive? The system didn't come with a standard Windows me distribution CD. It came with a bootable "System Restore" CD which, upon being booted, presents the user with the options of 1) reformatting drive C and reinstalling the system and 2) reformatting drives C and D and reinstalling the system. The Windows me serial number is on the back of the PC case. Could I reinstall using the Windows me distribution from the MSDN set? Thanks, Charles P. Lamb |
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System restore cds are from the oem,it was specifically designed for the
machine it came with,no others will work properly with it.. "Charles P. Lamb" wrote: How can I reinstall Windows me on a Sony Vaio PCV-RX470DS without formatting the hard drive? The system didn't come with a standard Windows me distribution CD. It came with a bootable "System Restore" CD which, upon being booted, presents the user with the options of 1) reformatting drive C and reinstalling the system and 2) reformatting drives C and D and reinstalling the system. The Windows me serial number is on the back of the PC case. Could I reinstall using the Windows me distribution from the MSDN set? Thanks, Charles P. Lamb |
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Those cursed laptops and their restore disks! If you have a License
number for the MSDN copy you most likely could install it. Or possibly you could do a "flat" install if the ME cab files are on your hard drive. You should be aware however that reinstalling ME over itself yields less than spectacular results to say the least. If you have IE6 it should be removed before you proceed. It is not something I would do unless I absolutely needed to do it just to salvage files. In all likelihood you will probably have a bigger mess than what you currently have, whatever that mess is. John Charles P. Lamb wrote: How can I reinstall Windows me on a Sony Vaio PCV-RX470DS without formatting the hard drive? The system didn't come with a standard Windows me distribution CD. It came with a bootable "System Restore" CD which, upon being booted, presents the user with the options of 1) reformatting drive C and reinstalling the system and 2) reformatting drives C and D and reinstalling the system. The Windows me serial number is on the back of the PC case. Could I reinstall using the Windows me distribution from the MSDN set? Thanks, Charles P. Lamb |
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"Charles P. Lamb" wrote How can I reinstall Windows me on a Sony Vaio PCV-RX470DS without formatting the hard drive? The system didn't come with a standard Windows me distribution CD. It came with a bootable "System Restore" CD which, upon being booted, presents the user with the options of 1) reformatting drive C and reinstalling the system and 2) reformatting drives C and D and reinstalling the system. The Windows me serial number is on the back of the PC case. Could I reinstall using the Windows me distribution from the MSDN set? Probably, but you might have better luck with the MSDN XP, since XP has far better innate hardware recognition, and that computer is capable of running it. You might have to track down a few drivers, especially if they are in some kind of compressed format on your Sony Restore disk, they may not be in a form accessible to Setup. Browse the CD and see if the drivers are uncompressed. I found this page, it might be an idea to download some of these drivers and updates to your D: drive before you begin. http://esupport.sony.com/perl/swu-li...mdl=PCVRX470DS Lee |
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"Charles P. Lamb" wrote in message ... How can I reinstall Windows me on a Sony Vaio PCV-RX470DS without formatting the hard drive? The system didn't come with a standard Windows me distribution CD. It came with a bootable "System Restore" CD which, upon being booted, presents the user with the options of 1) reformatting drive C and reinstalling the system and 2) reformatting drives C and D and reinstalling the system. The Windows me serial number is on the back of the PC case. Could I reinstall using the Windows me distribution from the MSDN set? Thanks, Charles P. Lamb Just re-reading your Subject line, whatever you end up doing, you should format C: at least. Any files you want saved copy them to D: first. |
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Charles P. Lamb wrote:
How can I reinstall Windows me on a Sony Vaio PCV-RX470DS without formatting the hard drive? The system didn't come with a standard Windows me distribution CD. It came with a bootable "System Restore" CD which, upon being booted, presents the user with the options of 1) reformatting drive C and reinstalling the system and 2) reformatting drives C and D and reinstalling the system. The Windows me serial number is on the back of the PC case. Could I reinstall using the Windows me distribution from the MSDN set? Thanks, Charles P. Lamb What did Sony Tech Support have to say ? Rick |
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"Andrew E." wrote in message news System restore cds are from the oem,it was specifically designed for the machine it came with,no others will work properly with it.. That's not generally true, although it can sometimes take some convincing. The Restore Disk, otoh will probably not work on any other pc. "Charles P. Lamb" wrote: How can I reinstall Windows me on a Sony Vaio PCV-RX470DS without formatting the hard drive? The system didn't come with a standard Windows me distribution CD. It came with a bootable "System Restore" CD which, upon being booted, presents the user with the options of 1) reformatting drive C and reinstalling the system and 2) reformatting drives C and D and reinstalling the system. The Windows me serial number is on the back of the PC case. Could I reinstall using the Windows me distribution from the MSDN set? Thanks, Charles P. Lamb |
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"John John" wrote in message ... Those cursed laptops and their restore disks! That's a Desktop model. If you have a License number for the MSDN copy you most likely could install it. Or possibly you could do a "flat" install if the ME cab files are on your hard drive. You should be aware however that reinstalling ME over itself yields less than spectacular results to say the least. If you have IE6 it should be removed before you proceed. It is not something I would do unless I absolutely needed to do it just to salvage files. In all likelihood you will probably have a bigger mess than what you currently have, whatever that mess is. John Charles P. Lamb wrote: How can I reinstall Windows me on a Sony Vaio PCV-RX470DS without formatting the hard drive? The system didn't come with a standard Windows me distribution CD. It came with a bootable "System Restore" CD which, upon being booted, presents the user with the options of 1) reformatting drive C and reinstalling the system and 2) reformatting drives C and D and reinstalling the system. The Windows me serial number is on the back of the PC case. Could I reinstall using the Windows me distribution from the MSDN set? Thanks, Charles P. Lamb |
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Lee Chapelle wrote:
Those cursed laptops and their restore disks! That's a Desktop model. Ok...those cursed OEM's who ship desktops with their ridiculous restore disks! No worse than IBM F11 boxes I guess. John |
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"John John" wrote in message ... Lee Chapelle wrote: Those cursed laptops and their restore disks! That's a Desktop model. Ok...those cursed OEM's who ship desktops with their ridiculous restore disks! No worse than IBM F11 boxes I guess. I hope not! Or how about Aptivas, or old Compaq laptops! I have found ways to install default Windows on a lot of crappy OEM machines, it's just a matter of getting the thing properly formatted and digging up the drivers. Driverguide has a lot of them. |
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