restore partition and DVDs failed

I am in the middle of restoring my friends VGN-c290 for her. She wanted it restored to day one. The issue is that the copy of the restore cds on the hidden partition failed. then we ordered the restore dvds and i got errors like failed to load customer image and return 15. I can not figure out what is going on here.

 

Several people have reported similar problems with no solution. It seems that some Sony Recovery DVDs just don't work from the start.

 

Mate, I have similar problem!
I've format whole HDD and spited to 2 partitions.
And 'course I deleted hidden recovery partition
Now I'm at home in Europe and dont have Recovery CDs
Can you make image of your DVD and send it for me?

thanks in advance!

my ICQ is: 53686943
Skype: masterross

regards,
Ross

 

Called Sony the restore CDs are bad. They wanted me to send it in for service.

 

they want u to send your notebook?
oh.. good luck mate
plz write if u succeed it

 

I didnt send it in, I had a copy of vista laying around so i used that. I was wondering if there is a way to get just the applications off the CD. I am not concerned about vista cause I have my own copy. I just would like to be able to use some of this free software that is on the restore CDs

 

i have almost the same problem...
im trying to partition my cr220e but it had that little 7GB partition for reset stuff, we tried changing it and the whole computer crashed and we had to reinstall everything from the sony website.

now some things like the buttons for the volume over the keyboard aren't working right.

anything i can do?

 

The buttons should work if you installed all the drivers from oldest to newest.

 

oh order matters?
seems like something they should have on the download page...
anyway, thanks tbone

 

sorry for the double post but dude you're awesome.
thanks again

 

Just to be safe, I made 3 copies on 3 different brands of DVD's on my FZ285 with BD burner. Good thing - only one worked when I tried a restore.

I got errors with TDK +R and Verbatim -R.

Fujifilm +R worked.

Wouldn't surprise me if Sony is being excessive with DRM and is doing cute things when creating the disc sets. That could also explain why creating a recovery set takes forever.

 

What point could Sony possibly have in using DRM on creating recovery disks? Especially since they give you the ability to make as many copies as you like? You're jousting at windmills on this point.

Gary

 

I'm not jousting at anything. Just making a casual observation - nothing more than that.

 

hmm
my brightness and AV buttons dont work

 

Hi guys!! I am looking forward to set my vaio to factory condition using the recovery disc that i created....so should i proceed or is it a risk as the recovery process may fail as u ppl have indicated..... i am a bit confused....so please help!