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    Third Party boot device help please

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by loucypher, Jun 21, 2006.

  1. loucypher

    loucypher Notebook Enthusiast

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    HI

    I have a Sony PCG-FX190K laptop, and the CD-ROM drive does not work.

    I have to do a re installation of the operating system (W2K).

    The following is taken from the Sony Troubleshooting Site:

    HTML: 
    Can I perform a third-party recovery on my VAIO with a USB external CD-ROM drive?

Solution:

NOTE: A third-party recovery is when you use a non Sony VAIO CD-ROM drive to reset your VAIO back to the factory default settings using the product recovery CD that was supplied with your VAIO.

This is not possible as the recovery is done in DOS and DOS does not support USB. 
You will need to use a CD-ROM drive connected via a PCCARD (PCMCIA) in order to perform a recovery on your VAIO.
    I have been and got a PCMCIA USB Adapter card, and the card works fine, and when i plug the External USB CD-ROM Drive, it also works fine.

    My problem is that it is not recognised in the BIOS, so therefore i can not boot from it.

    I spoke to Sony tech support, and they do not no anything about this info on there own site!

    Can anybody here help with this please.

    Thanks
     
    loucypher, Jun 21, 2006
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