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After searching this forum as well as sony tech support for the correct install order for the essential drivers & programs for a tz130 i came up with a few diffrent instructions , none of which work correctly .
Either i would get a battery error , hotkey buttons not working , so i decided to do a semi clean install which works on all vaios with vista .
This method will eliminate nearly all bloatware that comes with vaios & allow all functions & features to work correctly.
First step is to create a set of recovery disks . Next run the recovery wizard & select restore entire pc not just the c drive . Make sure to uncheck the option to install the recovery partition . This method only works when using the recovery disks & will not work if restoring from the recovery partition.
You will be prompted to insert disk 1 to start the recovery process . After disk 1 is ran it will ask you to insert disk 2 which is the last step before you need to stop the recovery process .
After disk 2 is run the pc will propmpt you to remove disk 2 & restart to continue the recovery .
The pc will reboot & ask for disk 1 . DO NOT run disk 1 again , instead hit cancel .
You will now be offered a option to install drivers & programs or you can cancel that recovery console & restart the computer in which case sysprep prepares the pc for the first time boot .
I let the pc restart so i can see which programs are installed & then i restart the recovery wizard & proceed to install any programs i wish to install .
This process installs all OEM drivers automatically & usually all that needs to be installed is Instant Mode & wireless settings switch for all the features to work .
You will end up with a semi clean install without all the bloatware & headaches of trying to do a clean install .
Semi Clean Install For All Vaios Running Vista
Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Vaio TZ, Jun 4, 2008.
