Vaio v505EX ORIGINAL SOFTWARE -- HELP!!!!

hi guys

Got my laptop about 2 months ago and I decided to install my own version of windows XP pro and Fedora Linux, the problem is that, I want to restore it back to it's XP Home but since Sony didnt give me a CD with the laptop I have no clue how to do this...

HELP!!!

 

Sony should have shipped a restore CD with the OS on it, if not seperate. If not, call them and ask them to send you one.

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For some reason Sony doesn't ship some of their laptops with a CD of drivers, I checked when my cancelled (yeah I know, weird.) Vaio A came in (was curious but I don't like it too much so I'm sending it back.)

 

Youhou,

May I ask what you didn't like about the A series Vaio? Why don't they include a driver CD? The original drivers are not (yet?) on the website either.

 

<blockquote id='quote'> quote:<hr height='1' noshade id='quote'>Originally posted by axelhi

 

Thanks for your response. I can certainly see your reasons. I ordered the widescreen version with the 9700 video card, and 1.7 GHz Pentium M, though. I've seen the notebook at a computer store and I concur with your opinion regarding screen, and looks.

The concern I have is the lack of a driver CD since I most likely will put in a 7K60 harddrive. I hope Sony is going to make the drivers available online. If not I might have to call tech support to ask for a CD.

 

Good luck with your purchase and good luck especially to upgrading your hard drive.

Your specs look great, even if there's only 64 mb of VRAM, I could only wish I could afford that price [ ]

 

another question that i have is, do you guys know how to get the hotkeys to work on the vaio ? i cant find a driver or any software to make it work and i cannot adjust the brightness and contrast on my notebook

thanks in advance

 

You mean Fn+brightness key doesn't work? I never had that problem after formatting, and reinstalling the OS.