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Need VGN-NR123E(100E series) recovery disks- help

Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by ChaseHammer, Dec 22, 2010.

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I have a VGN-NR123E vaio. The harddrive was wiped trying to upgade from vista to win7 but it wont allow me to do a wipe install for whatever reason, something to do with a CD/DVD drive driver missing. Sony Support says i needed to upgrade to win7 directly from in vista but since i cannot get into vista anymore this is a problem.

I need the recovery disks to install vista again but i cant find my set and didnt make a new set before the wipe because i didnt think it would be a issue. Sony doesnt have the VGN-NR100E series recovery disks in stock anymore and im not paying $75 to get them from a third party.

ChaseHammer, Dec 22, 2010

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I would look for an external optical drive that is bootable. That might work just fine.

JVRR, Dec 22, 2010

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i tried what i had but it wouldnt install on the external drive. i dont know i found a torrent for a nr110e but not sure if it will work or not. my friend tried his new one he just got but the recovery disks says wrong model. im hoping the torrent isnt spam.

ChaseHammer, Dec 22, 2010

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