Sony Vaio, no recovery disk, new OS, no mouse...

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Alright, friend has a vaio pcv-rx450 that the OS went belly up on. Recovery
disks present a "critical error" at 12% every time, they are pretty
scratched up, tried a scratch remover, no go.
SO, did an fdisk, format, reinstalled Win ME, boots fine, but No mouse is
recognized.
Tried using add new hardware wizard, tried several choices, Serial/ps2,
reboot after each , still no functioning mouse.
Any thoughts as to how to resolve this?
Thanks
Brandon

 

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Brandon wrote:
> Alright, friend has a vaio pcv-rx450 that the OS went belly up on. Recovery
> disks present a "critical error" at 12% every time, they are pretty
> scratched up, tried a scratch remover, no go.
> SO, did an fdisk, format, reinstalled Win ME, boots fine, but No mouse is
> recognized.
> Tried using add new hardware wizard, tried several choices, Serial/ps2,
> reboot after each , still no functioning mouse.
> Any thoughts as to how to resolve this?
> Thanks
> Brandon
>
>

Contact Sony and ask for a replacement disk.

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"spodosaurus" <spodosaurus@_yahoo_.com> wrote in message
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> Brandon wrote:
> > Alright, friend has a vaio pcv-rx450 that the OS went belly up on.
Recovery
> > disks present a "critical error" at 12% every time, they are pretty
> > scratched up, tried a scratch remover, no go.
> > SO, did an fdisk, format, reinstalled Win ME, boots fine, but No mouse
is
> > recognized.
> > Tried using add new hardware wizard, tried several choices, Serial/ps2,
> > reboot after each , still no functioning mouse.
> > Any thoughts as to how to resolve this?
> > Thanks
> > Brandon
> >
> >
>
> Contact Sony and ask for a replacement disk.

Sony wants $120.00 for replacement disks. I am going to try to go this
other route.
Thanks

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> spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo
>
> I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my
> neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in
> hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone
> marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow
> transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor:
> http://www.abmdr.org.au/
> http://www.marrow.org/