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    OS install failure on VGN-NS140E

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by ChugokuOtaku, Mar 20, 2010.

  1. ChugokuOtaku

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    coworker gave me his VGN-NS140E a couple weeks back, saying his son F'd it up again, and needs me to do a reinstall of everything. Thought it'd be easy right? Well, Win7 installs about half way, and then says some files are unavailable or corrupted, and then quits. Same disk was used to install Win7 Pro on two of my other machines.

    So I tried ubuntu, and found that after reaching the main screen, no matter which option I choose, install/run without install/check disk for defects/etc, it just reboots the machine.

    I've worked with tons of thinkpads, only a couple of Vaios, but never came across anything like this...

    Help?
     
    ChugokuOtaku, Mar 20, 2010
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    UserofFZ21Z Notebook Consultant

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    HD on it's way out?
     
    UserofFZ21Z, Mar 20, 2010
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    nvm... turns out it's bad RAM
    replaced RAM and it's all good
     
    ChugokuOtaku, Mar 22, 2010
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