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    Vaio vgn-nr2853 won't boot

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by villasbill, Jun 4, 2009.

  1. villasbill

    villasbill Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all--haven't been on here in a while,since I had a problem with a Dell laptop.
    Working on my daughter's Sony. A couple months ago the CD/DVD drive stopped working,probably due to physical damage or bumping while open etc.
    Now a couple of days ago when trying to start a screen came up about winload.exe, an unexpected i/o error--OXC0000e9 etc. Tried the option to boot into safe mode but nothing happened,computer just shut down after a while.
    Today I tried the Vaio recovery disc using an external DVD usb drive,(I enabled the boot option in the bios). It says "loading Windows files" for about 5 seconds then goes to a small Microsoft logo for a few minutes and then shuts down.
    I have Acronis True Image installed on another computer so I tried the emergency boot disc I had made. It brings up the Acronis program,reading it from the CD I guess. I tried the Startup recovery manager option but an error window came up "no hard disc recognized"
    Now when trying to load normally without the DVD hooked up it says "Error loading operating system"
    Any suggestions?

    Thanx
    villasbill
     
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  2. Padmé

    Padmé NBR Super Pink Princess

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    Your hard drive might be failing.
     
    Padmé, Jun 4, 2009
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    villasbill Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the reply Padme. Is there any way of testing that? Maybe some test programs I can run from a CD or something.

    Thanx,
    villasbill
     
    villasbill, Jun 5, 2009
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    villasbill Notebook Enthusiast

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    Everything seems to be pointing towards the hard drive. Anyone have a link to a schematic for this or a similar Vaio model so I can take it apart to check/replace the hard drive?
    Also will the recovery disks still work with a new hard drive?

    villasbill
     
    villasbill, Jun 7, 2009
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    I have also faced similar problem. Can anyone help?
     
    Laikhuram, Jun 8, 2009
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    villasbill Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the link Padme. I also found another one by CJ2600 here
    forum.notebookreview.com/showthread.php?t=317635
    This link gives disassembly instructions for various Sony models.
    If I end up replacing the hard drive can I go with any 2.5 inch SATA drive or does Sony require a propietary drive?
    BTW,I found a lot of the screws on the bottom of the laptop were loose and 3 were missing.

    Good luck with your problem Laikhuram,I'm afraid I'm not much of a help.
    What model are you having a problem with?

    villasbill
     
    villasbill, Jun 8, 2009
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