The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Sony Vaio VGN-FS215B - Recovery ??

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Darius001, Jun 24, 2008.

  1. Darius001

    Darius001 Newbie

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    1
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    5
    Hi all.

    Hoping you can help me with a strange issue with the laptop.

    I have the Vaio VGN-FS215B, due to malicious damage by a 3rd party, I have had to replace the drive from a 60 GB to 120 GB.
    Now the CMOS detects that the drive is in, but since the recovery software is on the other drive (which is totally dead), and I don't have any recovery diskettes, I've been trying to clean-install a new version on Windows.

    It used to have Windows XP Home installed, so I've tried that, and and it freezes at the startup screen, after installation.
    I rebooted, and it locked at the the hardware detection stage, so I tried alternatives. I've tried Visa and Windows 2000 which both lock at the startup screen.

    The partition size is 120 GB / FAT 32, which I could upgrade later to NTFS

    I've been in touch with the Sony VAIO-Link Customer Services thingy, they did state that I could purchase the recovery dvd's at cost (ahem!, no price but not cheap I'm sure).

    So, my question and dilemma is this, from what I've explained;

    Do any of you have any suggestions as to what might be the issue or know how I can get the recovery DVD's as well?

    Hope you can help me out here.

    :)
     
    Darius001, Jun 24, 2008
    #1