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    After Clean Install: Major Boot Errors...

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Hannes84, Mar 10, 2010.

  1. Hannes84

    Hannes84 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello again,

    So, I made a clean install of Windows 7 on my Sony VPCEB1S1E/BJ last night, mainly because the language this laptop came in was wrong and I couldn't understand anything (Home Premium, so couldn't change it either). After the install I noticed the laptop became very slow, so I reverted it using recovery discs which were supposed to reset the laptop back to factory defaults. Ok, the language went back to the original and everything was as before. But... now the laptop is very slow, especially with boot times.

    I receive a lot of errors and critical errors which show up in the event lists. Event ID is usually 100, or 102-106. A few messages aboiut how some programs delayed the boot, a few about cd-rom driver delaying the boot...

    Any ideas what to do??
     
    Hannes84, Mar 10, 2010
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  2. Skye2

    Skye2 Notebook Evangelist

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    The only thing I can think of is try to get the latest drivers, do a windows update and see if you can turn off the programs you don't want from running in the system tray (if there are any).
     
    Skye2, Mar 10, 2010
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  3. Hannes84

    Hannes84 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I did all that the first thing but it didn't help. Someone told me to do a clean install again but install the drivers in a specific order (intel first etc), so I'm giving that a shot.
     
    Hannes84, Mar 11, 2010
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    Reinstall the os in your preferred language. I agree that a specific order may work when installing the drivers.
     
    Skye2, Mar 11, 2010
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  5. H.A.L. 9000

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    Have you installed the chipset drivers?
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Mar 11, 2010
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    Well it didn't help. I installed the chipset driver first, then the intel graphics driver, then ati graphs driver and ethernet (After this randomly). The HDD seems to be doing something at all times and the CPU usage bounces from 1-25% a lot. I'm not getting any error messages (besides from one about wlan, which doesn't seem to have much to do with the system), though but the reboot is still very slow and game performance has gone down....

    Please, if you have any ideas, help!
     
    Hannes84, Mar 12, 2010
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  7. Metsn

    Metsn Maiku Hama Yokohama

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    Restore with backup DVD and claim warranty. This sounds a bit fishy to me. It's easily possible to mess up the clean install, but recovery DVD should work every time.
     
    Metsn, Mar 12, 2010
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    Hannes84 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well for some reason the recovery disc #2 gives me an error "file could not be found, check the condition of the disc", so I assume I have to purchase a new set of recovery discs from Sony and then do it, and THEN send it for repair.. Sigh... LOL
     
    Hannes84, Mar 12, 2010
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  9. Metsn

    Metsn Maiku Hama Yokohama

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    Restart, keep pressing F10 and you should get the recovery screen from hidden recovery partition...it's practically the same as the one on DVD, just should be without errors ;)
     
    Metsn, Mar 12, 2010
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  10. Skye2

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    I agree with Metsn in that you may need warranty service.
     
    Skye2, Mar 12, 2010
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