eMachines restore on VAIO

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BA1894 wrote:
> Hello
> I have a new Vaio computer and it had a bunch of viruses on it, so I decided
> to wipe the hard drive and load XP on it again. The thing is I did not have
> my original Vaio restore CD, so I used my eMachines restore CD.
> Everything was deleted on my Vaio just fine. Now I am at the XP setup, to
> insert a name for my computer, and when I click next, it does nothing. It
> will think for a minute, and do nothing else- it will not go to the next
> page.
> Any suggestions how I can get around this?

Contact Sony to obtain the correct installation CD.




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$20 bucks from Sony for restore disks.

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"BA1894" <BA1894@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:3C6C2EA2-F217-4AA1-8793-2869C115DB2E@microsoft.com...
> Hello
> I have a new Vaio computer and it had a bunch of viruses on it, so I
> decided
> to wipe the hard drive and load XP on it again. The thing is I did not
> have
> my original Vaio restore CD, so I used my eMachines restore CD.
> Everything was deleted on my Vaio just fine. Now I am at the XP setup, to
> insert a name for my computer, and when I click next, it does nothing. It
> will think for a minute, and do nothing else- it will not go to the next
> page.
> Any suggestions how I can get around this?
> It won't let me into safe mode either, because windows is not loaded all
> the
> way.
> Thanks for your help