if you want a fully-functional laptop. The Sony Vaio laptop support site is Q Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops () Adrian Boliston wrote: : I have done a clean full reformat install of XP pro on my FS215Z (it came : preloaded with XP home and...

Sony VAIO clean OS install.. Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops () For those who need to install new OS on VAIO laptops, etc. I sorted that out for the TR3 finally. The procedure turns out to be quite easy. All the cruical device drivers are in the...

not a clean install) of a Sony Vaio P. It works, despite some problems detected in advance by MS windows upgrade advice when I started the installation, not founded during installation. I will try next week end to upgrade my Sony SZ650. In case of failure,...

a new drive in my Sony Vaio, PCV-RX270DS. I "clean" installed my retail CD version of XP Pro (pre-SP1). My question is, do I download and install Sony's drivers for my PC model before downloading and installing SP1 and SP2 or should I install the SP's...

Sony Vaio recovery-DVD - selective installation of SW?. Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops () Hi, I want to make a "clean" installation of XP and want to install SELECTIVE components of the Vaio-software, contained in the Vaio recovery-DVD. I've...

Connecting a monitor to a Sony Vaio Laptop (FX103). Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general () I am trying to set my sony laptop up with an Iiyama monitor. I have installed the correct driver for it and the monitor and driver are recognised...

VAIO Clean Install XP Pro. Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops () Hi everyone - Through a conversation with Quaoar some time back in this group (many thanks Q!), I have succeeded at performing a clean install of Windows XP Pro on a machine originally...

I'm planning to install a new drive of another type, which is larger than the first one in size (and presumably faster too). Do you think the Sony Vaio's recovery software will install on another harddrive, or will it requireexactly the same drive? In...

Youch. I'll probably need to do a parallel install and then try to sort things out. Regards, Richard Hein. Archived from groups: comp.sys.laptops () I'm upgrading a Sony Vaio PCGGRT260G from Windows XP Home to Pro. The problem is that, now that the...