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    No XP HDD Protection Driver for Z540?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Driftingbottle, Dec 2, 2008.

  1. Driftingbottle

    Driftingbottle Notebook Guru

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    I cannot find the XP version of HDD Protection Driver for my z540 on the website of sony.

    Who can help about that?

    thanks
     
    Driftingbottle, Dec 2, 2008
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    InfyMcGirk while(!(succeed=try()));

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    Can't remember off-hand, but I think you unzip the contents and then right-click the .inf file and select 'Install'.
     
    InfyMcGirk, Dec 3, 2008
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    Thanks, I install it, but I cannot know whether it works because the HD tune curve has no change when I use HD tune to test the hhd, and shaking the my notebook. In vista, if I shake the notebook when running the hd tune, the curve will drop down steeply because the sensor let the magnetic head park, so the performance is dropped.
     
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