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    Sony FE890 clean install....please help!!

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Jeff K, Jun 6, 2008.

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    OK, so i goofed and attempted to wipe out vista and install xp on my sony, only to find that they dont support nor supply the proper drivers for XP. Go figure! I wiped the entire hard drive inc. their partition. Soooo, with Sony's recovery discs in hand, I have been attempting to do a clean install of wonderful vista and have had nothing but problems for the past 2 weeks. It seems to make it about halfway thru the 3rd disc and I get a message..."failed to apply customer image". It then tells me to reboot to complete the recovery process. And finally, I get "No Operating System Found". I have contact Sony 6 times without any useful info. This a close to a $2,000 laptop and as you can imagine, extremely frustrating. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Else, I've gotta give in an go to the nearest geek squad.

    Thanks.............
     
    Jeff K, Jun 6, 2008
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