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    for the people who want battery care function after a clean installation

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by lyrebird, Aug 19, 2007.

  1. lyrebird

    lyrebird Notebook Geek

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    before you do the clean installation, make a copy of the "C:\Program Files\Battery Care" directory, or a similar directory. you can find it easily :)

    after a clean installation, you can just copy it back and maually create a shortcut pointing to the executable file. It works.

    the battery care function must be able to save the config into bios. I made some configuration in factory installed system, and found it was still effective after a clean installation. Sony does not give you the utility. I have to search around for a solution to change the battery care settings, and found this.

    and anybody knows how we can get into the bios for SZ6xx?
     
    lyrebird, Aug 19, 2007
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    imr2 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Could you please do us the favor of posting a guide to doing a clean install of Vista from start to finish?
     
    imr2, Aug 19, 2007
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  3. lyrebird

    lyrebird Notebook Geek

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    sorry i don't think I am clear about every step. basically what i did is download all the drivers and libraries and utilities from sony website, also take some of the missing packages from ftp://ftp.vaio-link.com/pub/OS.
     
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    bogart Notebook Evangelist

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    Sony does actually provide the battery care utility to download. It's available in this package. Note that this won't work on XP.
     
    bogart, Aug 19, 2007
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    lyrebird Notebook Geek

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    thanks bogart. I did not check this. really a good news!
     
    lyrebird, Aug 19, 2007
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