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    FW378J Recovery Center Problem

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by anilcelebi, Feb 27, 2009.

  1. anilcelebi

    anilcelebi Newbie

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    Hi,

    Original OS of my notebook is premium home but i need to use vista business or vista ultimate. So i have installded vista ultimate version. When i try to install applications by using recovery DVDs, i was geting en error message "Error: 505: 41" and then a notification "Task failed with error: -1". I have checked the location where the tool extracts the files and found that they are in the c:\windows\temp folder. When i hit the ok button on the error window, all of the files are deleted automaticaly but i have opened the install log and pasted below the text in it. I suspect a problem with sony firmware extension parser(sfep) but i am not sure. I have tried to install the driver for sfep but i get a warning says that the program seems to be installed incorrectly. Then i tried to uninstall it from device manager and then install manually by browsing to the driver's .inf directory but i could not be able to do that. But somehow windows update tool has found a driver and installed it. I have checked the device list and seen the device name was listed correctly but the recovery tool keeps giving the same error.

    The text in the install log of the reovery tool is shown below. It seems to be stucked at the decrypt process.

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    2009.02.28 02:04:04 Checking: For combined MCODE
    2009.02.28 02:04:05 Check: Dependencies & Exclusions
    2009.02.28 02:04:05 Adding: IDF signature
    2009.02.28 02:04:05 Adding: Images
    2009.02.28 02:04:06 Adding: Modules and EPC's
    2009.02.28 02:04:06 Adding: Partition Information
    2009.02.28 02:04:06 Adding: CleanSweep Information
    2009.02.28 02:04:06 Verifying INI
    2009.02.28 02:04:56 Copying Modules and EPCs...
    2009.02.28 02:04:56 Copying: MOD-VAIO_Recovery_Center_User_Guide
    2009.02.28 02:04:56 Copying: MOD-VAIO_Care
    2009.02.28 02:04:57 Copying: MOD-VAIO_Media_Plus
    2009.02.28 02:04:58 Copying: MOD-VAIO_Movie_Story
    2009.02.28 02:05:09 Copying: MOD-VAIO_MusicBox
    2009.02.28 02:05:14 Copying: MOD-VAIO_Startup_Assistant
    2009.02.28 02:05:14 Copying: MOD-VAIO_Survey_Standalone
    2009.02.28 02:05:15 Copying: MOD-VAIO_Wireless_Wizard
    2009.02.28 02:05:15 Copying: MOD-eBay_Gadget
    2009.02.28 02:05:15 Copying: MODJ-WinDVDBD
    2009.02.28 02:05:16 Copying: MODJ-Battery_Checker
    2009.02.28 02:05:16 Installing Modules and EPCs...
    2009.02.28 02:05:16 Installing: MOD-VAIO_Recovery_Center_User_Guide
    2009.02.28 02:05:16 Decrypting WIM: c:\windows\temp\mount\MOD-VAIO_Recovery_Center_User_Guide.mod
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    anilcelebi, Feb 27, 2009
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  2. wakeboardr116

    wakeboardr116 Newbie

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    I'm getting the same problem. has anyone figured out how to fix this?
     
    wakeboardr116, Sep 10, 2009
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  3. azndragon945

    azndragon945 Notebook Consultant

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    I suppose it could be vista not allow the decryption process because of the built-in "security"
     
    azndragon945, Sep 10, 2009
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