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    Semi-Restore using Recovery Disks with FE

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by markeyp, Mar 30, 2006.

  1. markeyp

    markeyp Notebook Enthusiast

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    I would like to know if anyone has done the semi-restore described by BlackG35 on the FE590?
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=44587
    I would like to try it, but am a little uneasy because it seems it was only tried on the SZ. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
     
    markeyp, Mar 30, 2006
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    rhcpcrony NBR President

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    Yea i did that, but I installed everything back in how it was since I wanted several programs from sony. I dont have a partition anymore and got 7GB back.
     
    rhcpcrony, Mar 30, 2006
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    DaCheese Notebook Consultant NBR Reviewer

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    I also did this with some reinstalling of Sony programs to use the shortcut buttons and such.
     
    DaCheese, Mar 30, 2006
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  4. markeyp

    markeyp Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have one more question before I do this restore. My hard drive came preinstalled with 5 Sony movies and I also added the Photo Plus package with Adobe Photoshop Elements. If I do the restore, will I be able to reinstall these items also?
     
    markeyp, Apr 1, 2006
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    rhcpcrony NBR President

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    The restore will be exactly how your pc came from the factory, anything you added will not be restored.
     
    rhcpcrony, Apr 1, 2006
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    markeyp Notebook Enthusiast

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    Well, I completed the semi-restore without any problems. I'm sooo glad I did this since now my 120GB (111GB capacity) hard drive has about 103GB available, where as before I had only around 65GB available. I'm also glad I backed up those pre-installed movies because they weren't on the recovery disks. Although, since I previously unlocked 2 of them before the restore process, now I cannot reactivate the license on those two movies. The other 3 were fine though, even though I don't care too much for them. WEll thanks again to BlackG35 for a great help on this restore.
     
    markeyp, Apr 1, 2006
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    BlackG35 Notebook Consultant

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    Glad to know the SZ guide helped you. :)

    Were there any differences between my SZ instructions and what you did for the FE series?
     
    BlackG35, Apr 2, 2006
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    markeyp Notebook Enthusiast

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    No, I followed your directions word for word, they were very easy to follow. The only thing that was differenet was when I came to the step where I was reinstalling applications, I didn't need the fingerprint software. Also I was a little confused when looking for the bluetooth software and wireless switch utility. I thought they were under the driver tab, not the application tab (Stupid me!). Now my computer is running like a dream, thanks again. :p
     
    markeyp, Apr 2, 2006
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    markeyp Notebook Enthusiast

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    One more thing, I also needed to change the value of my DevicePath as you instructed.
     
    markeyp, Apr 2, 2006
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    markeyp Notebook Enthusiast

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    I need to write an update on this thread. I discovered that after doing the semi-restore, if I tried to play a DVD, there was an overlay error and the screen was black. Here is a link to this problem and the fix that worked for me. Wondering if anyone else had this problem after doing a semi-restore on the FE.

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?p=1331258#post1331258
     
    markeyp, Apr 8, 2006
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