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    Pls advise me

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by rupayan, Jul 1, 2009.

  1. rupayan

    rupayan Newbie

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    I am planning to buy VAIO CS 24 model. But I need XP in it. In the sony-asia website, I have found drivers for this model
    http://www.sony-asia.com/support/download/298036/product/vgn-cs24gh/sectionfirst?subpage=detail
    But the steps mentioned to install SATA driver it is written that I need to have one external floppy drive. Is there any wayout if I donot have external floppy drive ?
    Had anyone try to install XP in VAIO CS 24 following the steps mentioned in the above link?
    If I install XP then can I use VISTA also, I meant to say that dual booting is possible?

    Is it possible to reformat the HDD if XP is not working properly in this model?

    (Actually I am scared after reading warnings in SONY website for XP installation)
     
    rupayan, Jul 1, 2009
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  2. elijahRW

    elijahRW Notebook Deity

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    You can disable Sata native support in the bios. That will allow xp to recognize the hard drive.
    This is the easy way even though you supposedly gain 15% more performance when running xp in sata mode.
     
    elijahRW, Jul 1, 2009
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