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    Sony HDD protection in Vista?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Mobilehavoc, Feb 11, 2007.

  1. Mobilehavoc

    Mobilehavoc Notebook Consultant

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    So I have everything working almost like XP - got the S buttons to work by downloading VaioActionSetup app from EU - it only lets me launch shortcuts though, no mute, hibernate, fan control or anything else but whatever.

    VAIO power management from EU added a few things so that was good.

    Also the EU Lan Switching Utility WORKS! So I can turn off BT and only have Wifi on.

    Only thing remaining is the HDD protection...I've tried a few times to install the HDD driver from EU and it just tells me to reboot but no confirmation whether it worked or not. However, after I try to install the HDD application from EU it says it's not available or installed on my laptop.

    Any help getting that to work?
     
    Mobilehavoc, Feb 11, 2007
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    Mobilehavoc Notebook Consultant

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    Got the S buttons working properly with SonySettingsSeries or something from EU.

    Only thing outstanding is the HDD protection.
     
    Mobilehavoc, Feb 11, 2007
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    If the HDD protection driver is not installed, does that mean that HDD protection is disabled?

    I though HDD protection was a hardware feature?
     
    agent007, Feb 12, 2007
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    SirRobin Notebook Evangelist

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    On my machine he HDD protection works fine - i've installed the driver and after reboot the hdd tool, which i can start in the vaio control center.
     
    SirRobin, Feb 12, 2007
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    Can you post the link to the software (driver and app) you installed? Also what model of VAIO do you have?
     
    Mobilehavoc, Feb 12, 2007
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    Mobilehavoc, Feb 14, 2007
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