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    Sony VAIO F12 OEM Clean install

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by facethenorth, Aug 10, 2010.

  1. facethenorth

    facethenorth Guest

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    So i tried doing the clean install with the OEM Disks but the options are different, I currently doing the VAIO Care Rescue but I'm not sure if its the same thing, is there a guide that I can use or a different method using the OEM Disks. Much help would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
     
    facethenorth, Aug 10, 2010
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  2. zggibox

    zggibox Newbie

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    I ran into trouble following this guide from Joe Bleau: Vaio F Series Windows 7 64-bit Clean Install Using OEM Recovery Discs because for f12 the driver installation seems to follow a different order from f11. at the point where you're supposed to end the Vaio Rescue task (after Realtek driver) i didn't see installation of reboot driver, instead it was broadcom blue-tooth installation. I canceled it at that point, but my software doesn't match the one in the guide. I have the following installed under add remove programs:

    Alps pointer
    Intel Control Center
    Intel Rapid Storage
    Intel Turbo Boost
    5 Microsoft SQL Server packages (any1 else have these? is sql server used by any applications?)
    Nvidia Drivers
    Oasis2Service 1.0 (still don't know this is)
    Realtek HD Audio
    WIDCOMM Bluetooth Software
    3 Windows Driver Packages - for broadcom

    any1 have same experience with f12 during OEM clean install?
     
    zggibox, Sep 1, 2010
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  3. Gandalf_The_Grey

    Gandalf_The_Grey Notebook Evangelist

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    You can better post the questions in the owners forum where people with a F12 have tried Joe's clean install guide.
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/6527705-post2579.html
    http://forum.notebookreview.com/son...7-owners-thread-part-3-a-350.html#post6585022
    Those links are actually in his guide.
     
    Gandalf_The_Grey, Sep 1, 2010
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